Why Choose NCC’s Middle School Education Degree Program?
Middle school teachers are classroom leaders, trusted mentors, and life-long inspirers. The Associate in Art in Middle Level Education at Northampton Community College provides flexible online and on-campus (in Bethlehem and Pocono) options for the first two years of your education degree—saving you tens of thousands of dollars in tuition!
Gain Real-World Teaching Experience
Our hands-on curriculum encourages you to learn as you teach. Through fieldwork placements in public school classrooms, you start to develop your teaching philosophy, receive guidance from experienced teachers, and test your excitement for teaching with real-world challenges in school environments.
Transfer to Top Universities
Save up to $40,000 on the first two years of your bachelor’s degree at NCC! The courses you take here mirror the first two years of coursework at many nearby colleges and universities, including East Stroudsburg University, Kutztown University, Bloomsburg University, and Moravian University.
Our middle level education associate’s degree program equips you to transition smoothly into a four-year institution, where you’ll take advanced courses leading to a degree and certification for teaching grades 4 through 8.
What Will You Learn in the Mid-Level Education Major?
Develop a deep understanding of the unique characteristics and needs of adolescents. NCC’s middle school education degree trains you to create lesson plans and learning experiences that empower adolescents with a range of developmental differences to thrive. From your very first education course, you’ll gain hands-on experience in public school and young children’s classrooms, setting yourself up to succeed in professional teaching roles.
Program Details
Semesters: 4
Credits: 63-65
College Catalog: View Curriculum
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Locations: BethlehemProgram Overview:
Build foundational skills in communication, English, and statistics, then start establishing expertise in other areas of study for middle schoolers: American history, algebra, biology, mathematics, chemistry, and literature. Other courses in the program shape your pedagogical approaches in areas like adolescent development & cognition, special education, and dynamic issues in education. In collaboration with your advisor, you will select additional electives that complement your target transfer program.
NCC’s four-semester middle level education degree involves 63–65 credits of coursework, including fieldwork and courses with hands-on components. Most of this program can be completed online.
State Licensing
If you are a Northampton Community College student living outside of Pennsylvania or intending to complete an internship outside of the state in a NCC program leading to professional licensure, you should review requirements on the state board website to make sure that the program qualifies.
Licensure requirements vary from state to state and you may require additional authorization from the professional licensing agency in that state. Participating in a program from outside of Pennsylvania, if not properly authorized by that state's professional licensing board, could result in loss of licensing eligibility. If you need help or have questions, please contact the Program Director for more information.
