Do you have a dream of becoming a teacher or paraprofessional? Get started at Normandale, where you can gain the knowledge and skills necessary to fast-track your career in education.
Earn your associate degree in elementary education, then seamlessly transfer to one of seven Minnesota State universities for your bachelor’s.
Or, to make things even easier, you can choose to complete your bachelor’s right here on Normandale’s campus. Minnesota State University, Mankato offers a bachelor of science program in elementary education on site.
Minnesota needs outstanding teachers, and getting your teaching career jump-started at Normandale is a smart choice.
The Normandale elementary education program provides you with:
Normandale is one of a select number of community colleges that offers a comprehensive, liberal arts-focused degree in elementary education that seamlessly prepares you for your final two years at a Minnesota State university.
We have other education opportunities for Normandale students below.
The mission of SpedUP is to recruit and support BIPOC students as they pursue the first two years of a special education degree
Sirtify's mission is to recruit and support Black, African American, and African men into Education pathways.
A Normandale Elementary Education Foundations degree is easily transferable to local and national four-year universities.
Completion of a Transfer Pathway Degree will allow you to easily transfer to education programs in four-year universities in the Minnesota State System. These include:
Bemidji State University
Metropolitan State University
Minnesota State Mankato
MSU- Moorhead
St. Cloud State University
Southwest Minnesota State University
Winona State University
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