Secondary Education

Build a bright future

Are you passionate in helping people explore their strengths and achieve their potential? As a teacher of middle and high school students, you can help youth grow as leaders and equip them with the skills they need to grow into effective citizens.

Alverno secondary education majors will choose a major in another content area (we offer English, Mathematics, Science or Social Studies). You’ll study the art and science of teaching while applying what you’re learning through field placements and student teaching.

When you graduate, you will be eligible for a Wisconsin teaching license that allows you to teach fourth through 12th grade, making you very marketable to districts looking for flexibility.

The Alverno difference

At Alverno, our faculty are current or former K-12 teachers with extensive classroom experience. We know that students have different styles of learning; as a result, you’ll explore how you learn best and learn how to lead and engage a classroom of students with different learning styles. Our assessment-as-feedback model will challenge you to achieve your full potential, and you’ll learn how to bring this effective approach to your own classroom.

Hands-on experience is an essential component of an Alverno education. In your first year in our program, you’ll participate in intensive field work placements in K-12 classrooms. This ensures that when the time comes to begin student teaching, you’re ready to step up to the front of the classroom with confidence.

Alverno education graduates are in high demand at schools across the region, because school leaders recognize that our graduates are ready to make a difference on day one.

As an Alverno secondary education student, you will achieve these outcomes:

• Coordination: You will discover how to make the best use of materials, time, technology, the classroom setting, and timing to create learning experiences.
• Conceptualization: You will learn to integrate content knowledge with best teaching practices in order to plan and implement lessons in the field.
• Interaction: You will be able to make professional decisions and adapt to the changing needs in the field classroom and school environment.
• Diagnosis: You will learn how to determine learning needs of K-12 students and how to design learning experiences to meet those needs.
• Communication: You will practice explaining concepts to children of all ages, and you will learn how to communicate effectively with colleagues, administrators and families.

Alverno secondary education graduates are ready to become:

• Classroom teachers
• Reading and math interventionists
• Tutors
• Peer mentors
• Department chairs
• And more!