Secondary Education

Secondary Education
Offered as a major (B.S.) with licensure

Our comprehensive Teacher Education Program (TEP) provides Secondary Education majors with the theory and practice to confidently teach in both middle and high school. As a Secondary Education major, you’ll double major in a content area of your choice (content major). Practical courses will prepare you with tools to tackle the ethical, moral, political, and social realities that shape education.

Each teacher candidate works with an advisor in the Education Department to develop an individualized program of study which includes course sequences, clinical experiences, and state testing requirements. You’ll be prepared for graduate studies and careers in and beyond the classroom.

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[Saint Anselm] gave me a broad range of background knowledge on best practices in education and helped me to develop the tools I have needed to hit the ground running.

— Noah Collins ’18, Secondary Education and Physics major

Featured Course

Principles of Teaching and Learning

In this course, you’ll learn about the historical, economic, and social foundations of education in the United States. As a Secondary Education major, you’ll be introduced to pivotal concepts like lesson plan development, learning theories, classroom management, assessment, and different philosophies of K-12 education. You’ll identify current issues in the education system and explore recent efforts in school reform.

Double Major in a Subject of Your Choice

All students studying secondary education are required to double major in an additional subject area of their choosing, known as a content major. This prepares you to teach at an advanced level in both middle and high school and allows you to explore an additional area of study. Content majors include:

Chemistry Computer Science English French History Mathematics	Music Natural Science Physics Spanish Studio Art

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Clinical Capstone – Supervised Student Teaching

As a Secondary Education major, you’ll gain full-time clinical teaching experience at a local middle or high school. You’ll be gradually introduced to the profession through observation, collaboration, participation, and teaching parts of a class. This opportunity will boost your confidence in classroom leadership heading into your career.

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Licensure Ready

During the clinical capstone experience, all majors in the Education Department will complete the New Hampshire Teacher Candidate of Performance (NH-TCAP). If you plan to teach in another state, you’ll receive guidance from faculty to ensure you have everything you need to obtain a teaching license.

New Hampshire has reciprocity agreements with approximately 40 states, which is a formal understanding that recognizes certifications obtained in other locations. This extends licensure eligibility to the New Hampshire’s Department of Education so you can obtain licensing requirements and guidelines in the state.

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Topics You'll Study

Throughout your coursework, you’ll explore the role of education to better understand how to productively guide, assist, and educate young children in the classroom. You’ll study a variety of topics, including:

How inclusive environments enable students to meet higher expectations
Sources and standards for curriculum development
Teaching culturally, linguistically, and ability-diverse learners
The historic, economic, and social foundations of American education

Opportunities to Build Essential Skills

As a Saint Anselm student, you’ll find several opportunities available to support your postgraduate goals including the Master of Education (M.Ed.) with licensure in Special Education (ages 5-21).

The Meelia Center for Community Engagement’s Access Academy also provides experience teaching local high school students through community engagement.

Special Education (M.Ed.)

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Teacher Education Program (TEP) Conceptual Framework

Saint Anselm College is committed to giving students an educational experience that is based in rigorous thinking, just actions, promotes the common good, and fosters the love of learning. The framework and goal of the TEP at Saint Anselm is directly aligned with that mission.

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Additional Secondary Education Major Information

Recent Outcomes

Recent Career Outcomes

Alvirne High School
Bishop Guertin High School
Chelsea Public Schools
Cohasset Middle School
Hanscom Middle School
Learning Club KCK
Londonderry High School
Maranacook Community High School
Massabesic Middle School
MicroSociety Academy Charter School
Notre Dame Cristo Rey High School
Parkside Middle School
Providence Alliance for Catholic Teachers
Regis College
Ross A. Lurgio Middle School
Saint Anselm College
Saint Patrick Academy
Spaulding High School
State University of New York
Wilton-Lyndeborough Cooperative Middle High School

Recent Graduate Schools

Christian Brothers University
Merrimack College
Providence College
Saint Anselm College
Union College
University of Massachusetts
University of Notre Dame
Urban Catholic Teacher Corps

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Related Majors and Minors

Special Education (M.Ed.)

Elementary Education

English to Speakers of Other Languages

STEM in Education

ALUMNI PROFILE: DIEGO CARNEIRO-MONTEIRO ’24

Going into college, Diego Carneiro-Monteiro ’24 hoped to become a middle school math teacher. Today he applies the skills he gained at Saint Anselm College in his seventh-grade classroom located on a Massachusetts military base.

Learn more about Diego Carneiro-Monteiro →