Teaching & Education
As an undergraduate degree student, or working towards your Bachelor of Education, you’ll benefit from personalized and collaborative learning experiences rooted in social justice, sustainable practices, and Indigenous Knowledge, while developing the fundamentals of teaching and learning to prepare you to work in a classroom environment.
You’ll also practice teaching first-hand through community outreach, placements, and practicum opportunities, giving you real-world experience in the classroom.
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Careers in Teaching & Education
Many students enter Trent’s Teaching & Education programs with the goal of become an elementary or secondary school teacher, but we also see our graduates working their way into education leadership positions as principals or school board administrators, working as counsellors, adult educators and youth outreach works, or helping create learning materials as a curriculum developer. What they all have in common is shaping the minds of the future.
Career Paths
- Teacher
- Child & Youth Counsellor
- School Board Superintendent
- Curriculum Designer
- Literacy Specialist
- Adult Educator
- Child Protection Worker
- Autism Specialist
- Youth Outreach Worker
- Publisher
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Degrees & Specializations
Trent’s programs in Teaching & Education will prepare you to teach in a classroom with our popular Bachelor of Education, as well as Child & Youth Studies and Teacher Education Stream that can help prepare you for further education, or open up immediate career possibilities.
Trent also offers a unique Indigenous Bachelor of Education for First Nations, Métis, Inuit, and Indigenous students, preparing you to teach kindergarten to Grade 12 from a deeper understanding of Indigenous cultures, languages, and knowledge.