Teachers, school counselors, and administrators who graduate from Rivier are in high demand–for their dedication, competence, and wide-ranging practical experience. As an education major, you can take full advantage of the College’s state-of-the-art Education Center, featuring a nationally accredited laboratory preschool and an extensive curriculum and software library. When you earn a Rivier education degree, you will be eligible for certification in 40 states, plus the District of Columbia, the Virgin Islands, and the U.S. Department of Defense Dependents Schools around the world.

Undergraduate students can choose from programs in early childhood education, elementary education, secondary education, and special education. The programs are designed to offer several opportunities to explore your interest in and potential for teaching before placing you in a full-time student teaching internship position in your senior year.

Rivier’s graduate education programs are recognized throughout the region as the programs of choice for current and prospective teachers. The College offers some 30 graduate education programs—all designed to prepare you to become a highly qualified teacher or to assume leadership roles in various fields of specialization, including curriculum and instruction, school administration, reading, multicultural counseling, emotional and behavioral disorders, and parenting education, among others.

Rivier Advantages

• Undergraduate students benefit from extensive pre-student teaching experience—a total of 300 classroom hours for early childhood education majors, 150 hours for elementary education, and 175 hours for secondary education, plus a semester-long student teaching experience.
• Graduate students may enroll in many programs leading to licensing or certification only or as part of a graduate degree program.
• Rivier’s programs prepare you for the “classroom of the future.” With assistance from several federal grants—including Project New Teachers—the College has become a statewide leader in preparing teachers to integrate technology into their classrooms.
• You will be taught and mentored by professors who are widely recognized both regionally and nationally as experts in special education, school management, and learning styles, among other areas.