Middle School Education

About the Degree:

Middle school teachers (grades 5-9)are given the freedom to concentrate on specific subjects near and dear to their hearts. A Bachelor of Science in Education Degree, Middle School Education major allows you to become certified in single or dual areas. On top of core and department requirements, additional hours may be added on four single subject areas: Math, Communication Arts (English), Social Studies or Science.

For those of you seeking dual credits, there are 18 total designations.

What Can I Do With This Major?

Your Future with Our English Education Degree

As a graduate of Missouri Southern's middle school English education program, you'll harness your passion for education into a fulfilling, life-long career

You'll be certified and equipped to teach English in Missouri at the middle school level, grades 5th through 9th. Your degree will also well-equip you to continue onto a master's or doctorate education program to become a superintendent or principal.

Your Future with Our Math Education Degree

As a graduate of Missouri Southern's middle school math education program, you'll harness your passion for education into a fulfilling, life-long career.

You'll be certified and equipped to teach math in Missouri at the middle school level, grades 5th through 9th. Your degree will also well-equip you to continue onto a master's or doctorate education program to become a superintendent or principal.

Your Future with Our Science Education Degree

As a graduate of Missouri Southern's middle school science education program, you'll be able to harness your passion for education into a fulfilling, life-long career.

You'll be certified and equipped to teach science in Missouri at the middle school level, grades 5th through 9th. Your degree will also well-equip you to continue onto a master's or doctorate education program to become a superintendent or principal.

Your Future with Our Social Sciences Education Degree

As a graduate of Missouri Southern's middle school social studies education program, you'll harness your passion for education into a fulfilling, life-long career.

You'll be certified and equipped to teach social studies in Missouri at the middle school level, grades 5th through 9th. Your degree will also well-equip you to continue onto a master's or doctorate education program to become a superintendent or principal.

What You’ll Learn:

The Missouri Southern Teacher Education candidate understands the central concepts, structures, and tools of inquiry of the discipline(s) and creates learning experiences that make these aspects of subject matter meaningful and engaging for all students.
The Missouri Southern Teacher Education candidate understands how students learn, develop and differ in their approaches to learning. The teacher provides learning opportunities that are adapted to diverse learners and support the intellectual, social, and personal development of all students.
The Missouri Southern Teacher Education candidate recognizes the importance of long‐range planning and curriculum development. The teacher develops, implements, and evaluates curriculum based upon standards and student needs.
The Missouri Southern Teacher Education candidate uses a variety of instructional strategies to encourage students’ critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills including instructional resources.
The MSSU Teacher Education candidate uses an understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior to create a learning environment that encourages active engagement in learning, positive social interaction, and self‐motivation.
The MSSU Teacher Education candidate models effective verbal, nonverbal, and media communication techniques with students and parents to foster active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interaction in the classroom.
The MSSU Teacher Education candidate understands and uses formative and summative assessment strategies to assess the learner’s progress, uses assessment data to plan ongoing instruction, monitors the performance of each student, and devises instruction to enable students to grow and develop.
The Missouri Southern Teacher Education candidate is a reflective practitioner who continually assesses the effects of choices and actions on others. The teacher actively seeks out opportunities to grow professionally in order to improve learning for all students.
The Missouri Southern Teacher Education candidate has effective working relationships with students, parents, school colleagues, and community members.

This Degree is Great for You if:

You are eager to focus on just a single (or two) academic subjects that you enjoy teaching.
You look forward to several classes of students rotate through your classroom, instead of a single class for the entire year.
You may want to sponsor extra-curricular activities or accompany students to subject-area competitions on the regional, state and national levels.