Welcome to the Education department! We can give you the skills to be a successful teacher!

• Two Year Transfer Program
• Four Year Collaborative Degree Program known as the "Middle Years"
  (Complete your degree while living in or near Red Deer)
• Community Networking (Cohorts)
• International Travel Opportunity (Kenya)
• Unique learning experiences (Retreats, Fieldtrips, "Reality Bites")
• Integration of Technology
• Extended Practicum
• Exit Job Interviews

• ENGL
• MATH/STAT
• SOCI/ECON/HIST, etc.
• DRAM, ART, FILM, etc.
• KPED (Physical Education)
• FAM, SOCI, KNSS (Health)
• EDIT 302 (Curriculum/Technology)
• EDPY 200 (Educational Psychology)
• EDUC 250 (Introduction to the Profession of Teaching)

• Study teachers in action
• Benefit from smaller class sizes
• Receive excellent instruction and preparation
• Be part of a department that values openness and caring
• Set goals & develop a teaching philosophy
• Create a professional portfolio
• Be a member of our Education Undergraduate Society (student-directed)

On behalf of the staff and faculty, I would like to welcome you to the Bachelor of Education Program at Red Deer College. Our department emphasizes excellence in educational practice. Our faculty are trained teachers who have classroom experience and who offer a wide range of educational backgrounds and disciplines. In addition, many of our instructors are currently employed in classrooms in the public school systems in and around Red Deer. The courses and programs our department offers are innovative, creative, dynamic and prepare our students to excel and be active leaders in the classroom and schools they will find themselves in.

If you are a person who is prepared to commit yourself to academic excellence in your studies and in your teaching, I encourage you to consider joining us here at Red Deer College. After all, "when you get here you understand"!

I look forward to meeting and working with you in the future.

Brad McDiarmid
Chairperson