<p>My dtr who is a junior in high school wants to become an elementary school teacher. Which is the best college for this? I know this is vague because of the different majors, but any suggestions for us to look at would be appreciated! Thanks</p>
<p>Dear Guitars101,</p>
<p>I am new to the College Confidential site. I am responsible for International Admissions and recruitment at Crown College (just outside the Twin Cities in Minnesota). We have an outstanding education faculty. All undergraduate students at Crown graduate with a dual-major (field of their choice and Bible, Theology, Christian Education, Ministry). As one who has known Crown for the past 20 years and as a parent of two exceptional daughters I can say that Crown is worthy of a look. Please visit our website at [Crown</a> College - A Private Christian College in Minnesota](<a href=“http://www.crown.edu%5DCrown”>http://www.crown.edu). Crown is fully accredited and a member of the CCCU (Council of Christian Colleges and Universities) and affiliated with the Christian and Missionary Alliance.</p>
<p>There are many, many colleges she can choose from. Do you have any idea what she’s looking for in size, location (urban, suburban, rural, north, south, east, west), conservative vs liberal religious views? Catholic? Protestant?</p>
<p>Abilene Christian University (Texas) has a great program :)</p>
<p>Thanks everyone, I really appreciate your suggestions. My dtr would like a smaller school and it doesn’t matter to her if it’s in a large city or not.</p>
<p>she’s just starting her search now and I thought I’d ask here for suggestions :)</p>
<p>My son is loving Covenant College on Lookout Mountain in GA (which is literally right outside Chattanooga, TN). They are Protestant, small (roughly 1000 students), and associated with the Presbyterian Church of America (PCA). We aren’t PCA, but he feels just fine there. Professors have a fairly close mentoring relationship with students. Student life revolves around dorm life (not Greek) and is a lot of fun (his opinion). He’s also been into Chattanooga a couple of times since going there. Stats-wise, they do fairly well for Christian colleges. Alumni I’ve come in contact with seem very happy with the place. Teachers have done well coming from there too.</p>
<p>It’s not a school for someone wanting all the bells and whistles of a larger school, but for someone looking for small classes and the close relationships of a smaller school (as my son wanted), it seems nigh onto perfect.</p>
<p>Thanks Creekland. Our son is at Harvard (junior). My dtr feels pressure from his former teachers and friends for her to attend a large college. She is very different from our son and a large school would not be good for her. She’s a wonderful young lady and a good student, but a Harvard type of environment would not be good at all for her.</p>
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<p>I understand completely as all three of mine are different and will likely want different schools to fit in the best. Getting them in the best spot for them is far more important than satisfying the masses IMO.</p>
<p>For what it’s worth, students from Covenant have gone on to grad school at Harvard, but I doubt it was to become an elementary school teacher. :)</p>
<p>My son is having the time of his life and enjoying classes (+ more) at Covenant. I’ve asked him if he has any regrets at all and he’s said, “Definitely not! I love it here and have several good friends.” His stats could have taken him elsewhere, but this was the right school for him.</p>
<p>If your daughter has academic achievements similar to your son’s, then you might want to look at Wheaton College in Illinois–it is generally thought of as the strongest Christian college academically, and it has an elementary education major.</p>
<p>Wheaton is indeed a nice academic college, but if it matters, Covenant tends to offer a bit in merit aid whereas Wheaton offers very little. Both are decent for need-based aid.</p>
<p>Thanks again. Yes, I am familiar with Wheaton. My son was accepted there, but was offered $1,000 only for school. Not much in merit money. We do love the school.</p>
<p>No, my dtr’s accademic achievements are not similiar to her brothers. She is a good student, but not tops in her class. This is why I’m a little concerned. She is a great kid!!</p>
<p>Have you looked at Gordon College in Wenham, MA (in the Boston suburbs, about a 40 min train ride from Harvard)? I am a graduate, '08 in English Lit. Education is one of their largest majors and has been a long-standing great program. They offer more merit-money than Wheaton but have the same academic caliber (though the students are less type-A than Wheaton.)</p>
<p>cccu-member. Thanks so much! We will absolutely check out Gordon. My son mentioned it to my dtr. We are also checking out Covenant. </p>
<p>thanks everyone for your kind suggestions.</p>
<p>You may also want to check out Messiah. We went to an open house there. My son is looking for Music Education so we attended both the music and the education sessions. The education seems to be very solid. They were much more impressive with their programs and placements then some of the other smaller schools we visited.</p>
<p>I thought I’d bump this thread to see if anyone has any new info since applying</p>
<p>We’ll be watching this thread as well. Would love to hear more input.</p>
<p>I work in the Admissions Office at Brewton-Parker College, and I figured I’d add our school to your list to pray about. We are a BAptist College in South East Georgia, and Education is one of our Specialties. We had the 2010 GA Teacher of the year Graduate from BPC and last year we received Accreditation from the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education, NCATE. There are plenty of fine choices avalable for you and your daughter, but if education is what she is looking to study, then I would pray about Brewton-Parker.</p>
<p>I know that Augsburg college has a great teaching program, and I believe Bethel University does as well. Both are located in the Minneapolis area, with Augsburg being right downtown. </p>
<p>A word on Crown college–it is an extremely conservative school. No R-rated movies, no dancing at school dancing, very restricted visitation (certain hours, open door, 4 feet on ground) etc. So keep that in mind.</p>
Covenant College has an EXCELLENT teaching department. I have several friends who have graduated from covenant with elementary education degrees. Not only did they love it, they all received jobs very quickly. They have an extremely high job placement rate for Covenant grads.