Studying education at Linfield

Become a Teacher at Linfield

The Linfield Department of Education is composed of passionate educators whose true fortune is developing young professionals seeking to make a difference in the educational system.

Our faculty and staff are invested in your academic and personal well-being. They inspire growth, dedication and compassion while offering individualized support and serving as a critical resource on your journey to becoming a professional educator.

Making an impact on the future

The Linfield Teacher Education Program is hands-on right from the start. Within your first year here, you will be working as an aide in a local school classroom. And by the time you graduate, you will have spent more than 50 hours gaining hands-on classroom experience, not including a full-year student teaching in one of our nearby school districts!

Our education department takes deep pride in being able to say that the personalized planning paired with small on-campus class sizes and a hands-on approach to learning has continued to yield successful, passionate graduates who are making a difference!

If you join Linfield’s Department of Education, you will be able to leave Linfield in four years with a bachelor of arts or a bachelor of science and a license to teach in:

• Preschool and elementary
• Preschool, elementary and middle school
• Middle school and high school

Beginning fall 2022, in partnership with Linfield's Online and Continuing Education division, we are proud to begin offering an adult degree pathway to a bachelor's degree in elementary education with a special education endorsement.

Additional endorsement areas are offered in the undergraduate programs, adult degree pathway and at the graduate level.