Do you love helping others learn? Our Education pathway is perfect for future teachers, coaches, and mentors. You’ll explore child development, practice real teaching strategies, and even gain experience working with younger students. Build your leadership skills, learn how schools run, and see if a future in education is the right fit for you. This is where future difference-makers begin.
Creativity and the Arts in Early Childhood Education: Do you see yourself as a future teacher, mentor, or leader in your community? This course is your chance to step into that role while exploring creativity and culture through the arts. Together, we’ll dive into hands-on projects—storytelling, music, visual arts, and more—that show how identity and place can shape the way we teach and learn.
Along the way, you’ll practice what real educators do: designing activities, leading classmates, and blending cultural traditions with fresh, innovative ideas. The goal? To help you discover your voice as a future educator while building skills that connect you to your community and region. After our intensive week, you’ll continue creating projects that will prepare you to inspire the next generation of learners right here at home.
Education Immersion/Paraprofessional Certification: This course provides an immersive introduction to the field of education and prepares students to earn the certification required to work as a paraeducator. Students will explore essential topics such as confidentiality and ethics, positive communication, child development, behavior support, and professional conduct while learning what it means to serve effectively in a school setting. Throughout the course, they will visit a variety of Anchorage schools to observe different educational environments and gain firsthand insight into the many roles and responsibilities that support student learning. This is a professional preparation course—students are expected to arrive ready to act, communicate, and present themselves as young professionals. By the end of the course, students will leave with both practical experience and the certification needed to begin working as paraeducators in Alaska’s schools.
Intro to Education Careers with EdRising: Educators Rising Alaska is a diverse, teacher and student-led grassroots movement that aims to inspire high school and college students to serve their communities by entering the field of education. School-based chapters are located in every U.S. state, where students practice the necessary skills to lead a classroom while adding student voice to State and National competitions. We have had several students from our region qualify and place at the National level!! This class will help introduce you to and prepare for these competitions.
Intro Early Education: The BBRCTE Early Childhood Education Program is designed to teach students the aspects of teaching and working with young children, from birth through elementary age. This program will also allow students to begin working towards their CDA/CDA Alternative in order to be certified to run/work in childcare facilities.
Young Educators- Building Culturally Responsive Relationships: This course is a beginner course for high school students interested in an Education field. It introduces them to culturally responsive education. It supports cultural identity, relationship building, community connections and various resources for educators. Students will participate in classroom observations and participation for up to 2-3 hours a day during the intensive class. Students will learn about the Alaska Teacher Standards established by the Alaska State Department of Education and Early Childhood and the Alaska Standards for Culturally Responsive Schools, Cultural Standards for Educators, and the Guidelines for Preparing Culturally Responsive Teachers for Alaska’s Schools.
Education Internship: Students will work with BBRCTE’s Internship Development Program Manager to be placed in an internship in the education field. More info to come!
