BCYC Immersion Education Track
This track is available:
- Session 3 (July 13-18, 2025)
The BCYC Immersion education program for high school students will examine the role of the professional teacher and professional preparation for teaching in the context of the liberal arts. A variety of issues and trends in the field of education will be discussed.
Professional preparation for the education of our children is the primary role of Benedictine College’s School of Education. Students in our undergraduate programs are prepared to assume the role of teacher in a wide range of environments from public and private institutions, home school cooperatives, classical academies, and as the first teacher of their own children.
“[…] education is the main instrument of culture and in the end the two words have similar roots –, man has to be educated in order to become more himself, to be realized, for man does not realize himself unless by means of an encounter with something else.”— Luigi Giussani
Track Instructor
Assistant Professor, School of Education
Dr. Michaela Culkin graduated from Chaminade University with a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education. She also has a Master of Science in Education from Troy State University and a Master of Science in School Leadership from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. Dr. Culkin most recently earned her PhD in 2016 at the University of Kansas in Curriculum and Instruction. She has worked as a classroom teacher, instructional coach, and administrator. Her dissertation focused on reasons veteran teachers in the middle of their careers left the profession before reaching full retirement age. In her free time, Dr. Culkin enjoys reading, cooking, attempting to learn the ukulele, and traveling.