Earn transferable credits toward a teaching degree

The Secondary Education associate's degree program places you one step closer to a gratifying career as a middle or high school teacher.

Our Associate of Arts degree equips you with the knowledge and transferable credits needed to pursue a bachelor’s degree in education at a four-year institution.

Concentrating on grades 7-12, our program fulfills general education requirements and offers education courses, while helping you narrow down your academic area of focus. Montco's academic advisors, along with instructors, work with you to ensure that your classes align with your transfer school’s requirements.

Once you receive your associate's degree, you are on the path to obtaining your Pennsylvania Department of Education teaching certification.

Program outcomes

• Integrate the roles, responsibilities and characteristics of successful teachers into a personal educational philosophy;
• Apply instructional strategies that effectively integrate technology use in the classroom;
• Determine the challenges that students from diverse communities and families may face and the teacher’s role in supporting all students in the classroom;
• Differentiate instruction for students that have special learning, physical or language differences.

Clearances for Education Courses

In order for you to participate in certain education courses and to observe classrooms, tutor students, etc., you will need to have background checks done. So that you have your clearances when classes begin, you should apply early for these screenings.

Program Curriculum

*Elective should be based on concentration (s) and transfer institution.

**Check for Required Clearances for Education Courses.

• ^A Satisfies Aesthetic Sensibility
• ^C Satisfies Cultural Awareness & Diversity
• ^E Satisfies Ethical Perspectives
• ^I Information Literacy is Reinforced
• ^O Satisfies Oral Communication
• ^Q Satisfies Quantitative Reasoning
• ^S Satisfies Scientific Reasoning
• ^T Satisfies Technological Fluency
• ^W Satisfies Written Communication