Transition to Teaching
REPAYMENT AFTER GRADUATION AS LOW AS
$144/mo*if using financial aid (Fall 2025 semester)
How to PayProgram Highlights & Benefits
Easy to use, intuitive online course platform
Seamless transition from current career into the classroom
Up to 9 Graduate Transfer Credits
Highly qualified professors committed to helping foster personal and professional success
Designed For
Bethel University’s Transition to Teaching (TTT) graduate-level licensure program is designed for individuals who have completed a bachelor’s degree and want to become licensed teachers. This program admits candidates into either the summer in-person cohort (May) or the fall online cohort (October).
No matter what field your bachelor’s degree is in, you can become a teacher.
Changing careers can be daunting, but with Bethel University’s accelerated Transition to Teaching program you will go from your current career and put you into the classroom.
This popular program has new cohort groups that begin in May and October. Your hard work culminates with you earning your Indiana teacher’s license in as little as one year.
What You Learn
Candidates can follow the elementary (24 credit hours) or secondary (18 hours) education pathways. Upon completion of this program and the passing of relevant exams, candidates are eligible for an Indiana Teaching license and may continue to pursue a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) degree.
How You Learn
Your first semester will engage you in the principles of teaching direct instruction and indirect instruction. During the second semester, you will engage methods coursework and have fieldwork to complete. Your last semester, you will complete 15 weeks of full-time student teaching.
Our faculty of seasoned-professionals will provide you with expertise and mentorship you need to grow both as a student and a person.
Career Outcomes
Upon completion of this program and the passing of relevant exams, candidates are eligible for an Indiana Teaching license and may continue to pursue a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) degree. Graduates will be prepared, not only as effective teachers, but as ethical school leaders. Upon graduation, you’ll have gained the networking opportunities you need to take the next step in your education career
Degree Requirements
TTT Elementary Licensure Pathway (24 credit hours)
| Course | Title | Hours |
| EDTR 501 | Teaching in the 21st Century | 6 |
| EDTR 502 | Classroom Environment | 3 |
| EDTR 512 | Field Work- Elementary | 0 |
| EDTR 517 | Reading Methods I | 2 |
| EDTR 518 | Reading Methods II | 2 |
| EDTR 519 | Reading Methods III | 2 |
| EDTR 522 | Methods of Teaching-Elementary | 6 |
| EDTR 590 | Student Teaching | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 24 |
EDTR 590: Student Teaching is a full-time 15-week experience. It may be one 15-week placement in a single classroom or two placements of 9 weeks & 6 weeks at two different levels
Transition to Teaching-Secondary License (18 credit hours)
| Course | Title | Hours |
| EDTR 501 | Teaching in the 21st Century | 6 |
| EDTR 502 | Classroom Management | 3 |
| EDTR 511 | Field Work-Secondary | 0 |
| EDTR 528 | Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum | 3 |
| EDTR 5XX | Methods of Teaching-Secondary Grades | 3 |
| EDTR 590 | Student Teaching | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 18 |
EDTR 590: Student Teaching is a full-time 15 week experience. It may be one 15-week placement in a single classroom or two placements of 9 weeks & 6 weeks in both a middle and high school.
