Department of Leadership, Middle, & Secondary Education

At Southeast, we offer a multi-level diverse field experience that includes local student teaching, international student teaching, a triad seminar and experiences with new education technology. It is our mission to prepare you for your future career in education and to get you in the classroom as early as possible during your education. 

A major goal of the Teacher Preparation Program is to develop teacher candidates who become leaders in the use of current and emergent technology through EDvolution®. As technology has become an essential element in the classroom, we have made it a goal to teach our education students how to best use these products in the classroom. This way, not only do your future students benefit, but you become a more competitive teaching candidate. 

The preparation of teachers is field based with a minimum of 225 hours of pre-student teaching experience in an area school classroom with a properly certificated and experienced teacher. When a teacher candidate completes the education program, they have had ample time and experiences to become competent professional educators.

At Southeast, we offer student teaching abroad at Eagles College in Iquique, Chile. Teaching in a foreign country gives our students their own educational opportunity. Southeast students get to see firsthand how students in other countries learn, explore new methods, and gain real life teaching experience.