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Career Innovation Center

Introduction to Teaching

Introduction to Teaching

Introduction to Teaching is designed to teach students the history of the teaching profession. Students will analyze and describe major challenges faced by school practitioners and explain how highly effective teachers persist in addressing those issues. Students will have the opportunity to go into classrooms to observe and work with students under the supervision of a certified teacher. Students will prepare and teach lessons and obtain practical experiences related to the teaching career.

BSSD Credit Type: Practical Art

BSSD Weighted Credit: Honor Point

High School Credits: 1.0 units

  • Grade: 12
    CIC Application Process
    GPA 2.0 or higher

  • Early Childhood Education
    Advanced Early Childhood
    Psychology
    AP Psychology
    Sociology

  • 3 college hours - University of Missouri Kansas City (UMKC) if College's Criteria are met
    TCH-ED 160 Introduction to Teaching

  • Location
    Career Innovation Center
  • $75 per college credit hour
    Student will be billed/paid through the cooperating college business office

  • Program Video
  • Student Testimonial