Michigan State University provides teacher candidates
with opportunities to gain the critical knowledge and skills needed to teach all children. The College of Education is consistently ranked as
one of the leading colleges in the nation for pursuing a career in education. This ranking reflects, in part, the high esteem in
which K-12 employers hold our graduates. Teachers
from MSU are particularly well prepared in both subject matter knowledge, gained through
strong undergraduate academic coursework, and in classroom instruction and management,
gained through combined bachelor’s and post-baccalaureate education courses and
field-based experiences.
KEY ELEMENTS OF THE PROGRAM
- Combination of a
baccalaureate degree, strong teaching major and/or minor concentrations and teaching
certification courses followed by a full-year teaching internship in a public school.
- Undergraduate field
experiences that build connections between the theoretical principles of the craft of
teaching and the practical situations that teachers face.
- Dual concerns for
diversity and equity interwoven throughout the required teacher education courses.
- Support for learning to
use technology in teaching.
- Time spent working with
special needs students in regular classrooms.
- Full-year internship with
continued instruction and mentoring from MSU faculty.
- Graduate-level
professional study during the internship, some credits of
which may be applied to a master’s degree program.
- Preparation to fulfill
the standards and related proficiencies for entry-level Michigan teachers as established
by the Michigan Department of Education.
- Instruction from
nationally renowned faculty and classroom experiences with outstanding K-12 teachers.
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