Undergraduate
Secondary Education Minor
We aim to nurture and prepare highly effective, competent, caring, and reflective teachers.
Secondary Education minor
Secondary education students earn a full major in teaching content and a minor in secondary education.
This prepares you for the subject you will teach and the methods and practices of teaching.
Enhance the knowledge, competency, and professional skills needed in today’s secondary classroom environment. You will become an effective teacher and a leader in secondary education.
Why Simpson College for Secondary Education

Our MIssion Statement
The Simpson College Teacher Education Program nurtures empowered educational leaders who think critically, reflectively, and creatively; compassionately practice inclusive, equitable, and transformative education; and are continuously engaged in professional growth in order to build a socially just and enlightened society.
Simpson alumna accepts Golden Apple award

Simpson had the most efficient program for a non-traditional student with kids looking to get through school.
Tiffany Thomas-Killam '18
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Meet Our Faculty

Bradi Darrah
- Assistant Professor of Education
- Program Director | Master of Arts in Teaching

Jordan Holub
- Instructor of Teacher Education

Meredith Hunt
- Instructor of Teacher Education

Linda Jermeland
- Teacher Education Field Placement Coordinator
- Teacher Education Licensure Official

Chandra Keairnes
- Assistant Professor of Teacher Education

Kate Lerseth
- Associate Dean of General Education and Assessment
- Teacher Education Department Chair
- Professor of Teacher Education