Saskatchewan Urban Native Teacher Education Program (SUNTEP) University of Saskatchewan

Overview

Offered by the Gabriel Dumont Institute (GDI) in partnership with the College of Education at the University of Saskatchewan, students enrol at the Prince Albert or Saskatoon locations. 

The Saskatchewan Urban Native Teacher Education Program (SUNTEP) BEd offered by University of Saskatchewan includes Indigenous studies and cross-cultural education. 

Field experience begins early in the program and continues through to graduation. Classroom experience includes but is not limited to urban centres, rural communities, northern schools, First Nations schools and the Catholic School Division.

You'll be able to focus on either early/middle years education or secondary (high school) education.

Careers

The skills you develop in the College of Education can take you not only to the classroom, but out into the community or around the world. Just a few of the careers our graduates pursue include:

• Pre-K to Grade 12 teacher
• Adult educator
• Advocate
• Youth worker
• Community program coordinator
• Library services
• Politician
• Educational administrator
• Curriculum developer
• Instructional designer
• High school counsellor
• Academic advisor
• Writer
• Artist
• Musician
• Business administrator
• Entrepreneur
• Health and recreation staff

Once you graduate and after you receive your teaching certificate from the province of Saskatchewan, you will be certified to teach any grade from Kindergarten to Grade 12.

A Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) is just the beginning of a long career in education, academia, community, business, politics or government.

Graduate programs in the College of Education offer opportunities to advance your skills and expertise in the areas of educational administration, educational foundations, educational psychology and special education, and curriculum studies.