School of Education

Training excellent educators

In the School of Education, all of our programs foster high academic standards, technological literacy, collaborative partnerships, and a diverse learner perspective. Licensure programs are standards based, designed to provide students with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions characteristic of highly qualified educational professionals.

Experienced faculty

Faculty members have significant K-12 and administrative experience, allowing them to bring real-world perspective to their students. 

Graduating teachers with classroom experience

Every teacher licensure program includes a student teaching component, but we prepare students to lead classrooms by getting them into schools from their very first semester. This experience in the classroom provides students with the experience to be successful educators with fulfilling careers. It also helps those students who do not thrive in a classroom setting to discover this early in their education.

Undergraduate areas of study

Licensure programs

• Elementary Education
• Middle/Secondary Education
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Communication Arts and Literature (English)
  • Mathematics
  • Music Education (Vocal or instrumental, K-12)
  • Social Sciences
  • Spanish (K-12)

Non-licensure programs

• Ojibwe Language and Culture Education
• Educational Studies

Graduate areas of study

• Master of Education (online)
• Graduate Special Education Licensure with M.S. Degree
• Graduate Teaching Licensure with M.S. degree

Certificates

• Certificate in Educational Technology
• Certificate in Literacy Instruction
• Certificate in Culturally Responsive Pedagogy
• Certificate in Computer Science Education

She earned a B.S. in Elementary Education at Moorhead State University and an M.Ed. in Teaching and Learning from Saint Mary's University of MN.

Dr. Fischer can be reached at bfischer1@css.edu or 218-723-5971.