Education degree / teaching certificate

Colleges and Universities A-Z Oberlin College
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<p>Oberlin's website does not mention a major or minor in education, nor anything about preparation for a teaching certificate. </p>

<p>Is Oberlin the wrong college for a student considering teaching in high school?</p>

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<p>Many Oberlin alumni are teaching in high schools all over the country. None of them earned an education degree as an undergraduate; most earned a Masters in Education after graduation. Many experts in education believe that a liberal arts degree in a particular discipline, followed by an M.Ed., is better preparation for teaching than an undergraduate education degree.</p>

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<p>Understood. But does Oberlin offer any opportunities to get into a elementary or high school classroom during the four years? How can a student know if s/he would like to pursue teaching after college without any experience during college?</p>

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<p>There are many ways that Oberlin students are involved in elementary or high school education, including Winter Term projects and various volunteer and curricular opportunities (America Reads, the Ninde Scholars program, the SITES program, etc.). You can find links to many of those programs here: [Oberlin</a> College | Bonner Center for Service and Learning | Programs](<a href=“http://new.oberlin.edu/office/bonner-center/programs/]Oberlin”>http://new.oberlin.edu/office/bonner-center/programs/) .</p>

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<p>There’s also a directory of Oberlin’s education outreach programs linked [url=&lt;a href=“Oberlin Serves / Home”&gt;http://oberlinserves.pbworks.com/w/page/6324119/Education%20Outreach%20Programs]here[/url</a>]; over 250 students participate each year as tutors, mentors, program leaders, and classroom teachers.</p>

<p>The student group Oberlin Young Educators meets weekly and has organized forums on topics like education policy reform, education inequality, pedagogy, and careers in education, plus they connect students with tutoring opportunities in local schools. They don’t have a website but they can be found on Facebook (which is also probably a good way for people who are curious to contact current members).</p>