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Elementary education is offered at Highlands as an academic major field.  Elementary education majors study such topics as cognitive, physical, emotional, and social development; human relations, instructional planning and implementation, classroom management, assessment and evaluation.  They receive training in skills and competencies for elementary subject matter in mathematics, reading and language arts, social studies, science and other foundational fields. The program complies with the instructional competencies established by the State of New Mexico PED for entry-level elementary teachers.

This Major is under the School of Education