Teaching Licenses
Teaching is about more than passing on knowledge. It’s about shaping the future.
At Bethel, we send out educators who are passionate about what they do and are ready to jump into a meaningful career serving today’s students. This program is for anyone who does not have a teaching license and is seeking an initial license to teach. Licensed teachers can also take a sub-set of courses from this program to obtain an additional license. We have a variety of content areas: Business, Math, Communication Arts and Literature, General Science, Life Science, Physics, Chemistry, Social Studies, Spanish, English as a Second Language (ESL), and Visual Arts. Bethel’s Teaching License is designed to meet the needs of working professionals without compromising standards for licensure or for the classroom.
Program Option(s)
Teaching License: Business Education, Grades 5-12
Earn a teaching license so you can take your business and organizational skills, experience, and leadership into the classroom to prepare future generations.
| Delivery | Online |
| Location | St. Paul |
| Credits | 34 |
| Tuition per Credit | $555 |
| Estimated Total Tuition Learn more about the cost of attendance. |
$18,870* |
Teaching License: Chemistry, Grades 9-12
This grades 9-12 Chemistry license will prepare you to teach science courses to high school students. It can be coupled with a grades 5-8 General Science License.
| Delivery | Online |
| Location | St. Paul |
| Credits | 33 |
| Tuition per Credit | $555 |
| Estimated Total Tuition Learn more about the cost of attendance. |
$18,315* |
Teaching License: Communication Arts & Literature, Grades 5-12
Use your love of reading, writing, speaking, and listening—and your knowledge and skills in media literacy, literature, and drama—to teach a wide variety of English classes.
| Delivery | Online |
| Location | St. Paul |
| Credits | 33 |
| Tuition per Credit | $555 |
| Estimated Total Tuition Learn more about the cost of attendance. |
$18,315* |
Teaching License: ESL, Grades K-12
Use your knowledge of how people acquire a second language, your skills in general and applied linguistics, and instructional strategies in meeting the second-language needs of students with limited English proficiency to teach English as a second language.
| Delivery | Online |
| Location | St. Paul |
| Credits | 33 |
| Tuition per Credit | $555 |
| Estimated Total Tuition Learn more about the cost of attendance. |
$18,315* |
Teaching License: General Science, Grades 5-8
Meet the demands in public schools for general science teachers by enhancing your education with a licensure that prepares you to lead today's students. This general science license can be coupled with a license in Chemistry (9-12), Life Science (9-12), or Physics (9-12).
| Delivery | Online |
| Location | St. Paul |
| Credits | 33 |
| Tuition per Credit | $555 |
| Estimated Total Tuition Learn more about the cost of attendance. |
$18,315* |
Teaching License: Life Science, Grades 9-12
This grades 9-12 Life Science license will prepare you to teach science courses to high school students. It can be coupled with a grades 5-8 General Science License.
| Delivery | Online |
| Location | St. Paul |
| Credits | 33 |
| Tuition per Credit | $555 |
| Estimated Total Tuition Learn more about the cost of attendance. |
$18,315* |
Teaching License: Mathematics, Grades 5-12
Take your passion for mathematics and hone in on your skills through a licensure program that prepares you to meet state standards to teach in today's classroom.
| Delivery | Online |
| Location | St. Paul |
| Credits | 33 |
| Tuition per Credit | $555 |
| Estimated Total Tuition Learn more about the cost of attendance. |
$18,315* |
Teaching License: Physics, Grades 9-12
This grades 9-12 Physics license will prepare you to teach science courses to high school students. It can be coupled with a grades 5-8 General Science License.
| Delivery | Online |
| Location | St. Paul |
| Credits | 33 |
| Tuition per Credit | $555 |
| Estimated Total Tuition Learn more about the cost of attendance. |
$18,315* |
Teaching License: Social Studies, Grades 5-12
Follow your love of history, government, and economics by earning a social studies teaching license.
| Delivery | Online |
| Location | St. Paul |
| Credits | 33 |
| Tuition per Credit | $555 |
| Estimated Total Tuition Learn more about the cost of attendance. |
$18,315* |
Teaching License: Visual Arts, Grades K-12
Use your love of studio art areas such as drawing, painting, graphic arts, video design, and sculpture to teach a wide variety of art classes
| Delivery | Online |
| Location | St. Paul |
| Credits | 33 |
| Tuition per Credit | $555 |
| Estimated Total Tuition Learn more about the cost of attendance. |
$18,315* |
* These program details and costs are estimated and subject to change. View our program details disclaimer for more information.
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Program Highlights
Optional start dates
We offer a start date in February and June of each year. Course schedules vary depending on your start date.
Two-track license options
Master’s track: Earn your teaching license as part of the M.A. in Teaching program.
Licensure-only track: Earn only the teaching license (typically 15-18 months).
Cohort model
The Teaching License program is offered through a cohort model where students move through their courses with the same group of peers. Most classes meet online to accommodate working adults, and we then host in-person Professional Learning Community Saturdays at Bethel’s Anderson Center.
Outcomes
The Teaching License program is designed to interact with other future teachers through a cohort model that meets the needs of working professionals and prepares you to meet the requirements for licensure, including applications and exams.
Skills
Learn how to:
- Integrate values and ethics into teaching
- Plan standards-based instruction
- Apply evidence-based strategies
- Design assessments that teach and measure performance
- Differentiate instruction based on students’ unique needs
- Utilize culturally responsive teaching strategies
- Use and adapt to new educational technologies
- Work professionally with schools, teachers, students, administrators, families, and communities