小学教师教育计划是一项综合计划，旨在为有能力与各种背景的儿童（幼儿园至八年级）的孩子进行有效合作的教师提供培训。我们的学习计划是以新墨西哥州教育部的能力为基础创建的，与代表内容领域的适当国家组织和国家教师教育认证计划理事会（NCATE）的标准保持一致。我们的目标是培养负责在不同文化的公立学校中与儿童和成人理解并合作的教师领导。我们从具有批判性，包容性和以学生为中心的护理角度来开展工作，并采用具有文化适应性的教学法和促进最佳做法的合作。我们希望我们的老师能成为反思型的从业者，他们是批判性思想家和创造性的问题
General education and professional education are similar for all degree programs in the College of Education. The B.S. Elementary Education degree embeds the Language Arts Teaching Field/Concentration and the Bilingual/TESL endorsements. Note: For certification in the State of New Mexico the Bilingual/TESL endorsements require 6 credits of a language other than English. Additional teaching fields/concentrations are available in Social Studies, Science and Math but will require credits beyond 120. Students should meet with the College of Education Educational Support and Resource Center to discuss additional teaching fields/concentrations requirements.<br><br>Students must complete all University degree requirements, which include: General Education requirements, Viewing a Wider World requirements, and elective credits to total at least 120 credits with 48 credits in courses numbered 300 or above. Developmental coursework will not count towards the degree requirements and/or elective credits, but may be needed in order to take the necessary English and Mathematics coursework.