To be an effective elementary teacher, you must have the passion to work with children, be strong in your content area and be willing to be a life long learner. Concordia's nationally regarded program is designed so that you can graduate with the skills and understanding needed to make the most of your passion to teach.
Concordia equips future elementary school teachers with cutting edge educational practices and knowledge culled from decades of preparing teachers for service in Lutheran, parochial and public schools.
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 The professors are very open and honest, preparing us for situations we could expect to face. I look forward to my own classroom and know I will always have the support and prayers of the faculty at Concordia.” Allison Morton ’07
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News In brief
[UPDATED 2010-03-01]
Concordia expands collaboration with OPS. OPS teaching assistants who have no post-secondary education will be able to compete their general education requirements in Omaha and then transfer to Concordia for a bacehlor's degree in education.[
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[UPDATED 2010-02-18]
Two Concordia graduates are among the 2010 Lutheran Education Association award winners. Alvina Becker, middle school teacher at Christ Community Lutheran School in Kirkwood, Missouri, is the 2010 LEA Distinguished Lutheran Elementary Teacher.
Chuck Schiller, principal of St. Paul Lutheran School in New Orleans, Louisiana, is the 2010 LEA Distinguished Lutheran Elementary Admininstrator.
[UPDATED 2007-12-04]
Dr. Ron Bork, dean of the College of Education, began serving a two-year term as chairman of the Nebraska Association of Colleges of Teacher Education, the state affiliate of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education. As chair, he will lead the review of teacher education programs and coordinate efforts to improve the preparation of teacher education candidates in Nebraska.
