Getting a solid start in school is critical to lifelong learning. Be one of these teachers to give children a good foundation. As a top college for education majors, our elementary education undergraduate degree program emphasizes experiential learning and offers you the chance to start working in real classroom settings during your first year of study. By the time you graduate, you’ll have completed five to six placements in diverse classrooms, providing you with excellent preparation for the teaching world. Over 90 percent of Goshen College graduates who sought an elementary teaching position in the last three years are now employed as teachers, working in schools from coast to coast.
In conjunction with the elementary education undergraduate degree program, Goshen College’s education program also offers dual certifications in teaching K-12 special education and K-6 English language learners. Additionally, we offer certifications in secondary education and all-grade education.
The GC education program offers unique facilities to expand your own education. At Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center, which hosts over 5,000 pre-K-12 students a year, you’ll have the chance to explore environmental education in a hands-on setting. Our on-campus laboratory kindergarten provides a valuable opportunity for observation of child development and behavior in a rich interactive environment. And if you travel abroad with our Study-Service Term, you’ll get the chance to work with children or youth in another part of the world!
Since graduating from Goshen College in 2001, Jason Potsander has dealt with many setbacks in his life – including 17 cycles of chemotherapy for stage IV pancreatic cancer – but none have stopped him from pursuing his goals, which recently included an "Everest," riding up and down a hill to accumulate the altitude of Mount Everest’s peak, which is just over 29,000 feet.
Anja (Kenagy) Schaefkofer '18 has been chosen by the Knowles Teacher Initiative as one of 34 Teaching Fellows for the 2020 cohort. The Knowles Teacher Initiative supports a national network of mathematics and science teachers who are collaborative, innovative leaders improving education for all students in the United States.
Goshen College has received a $17,000 community investment grant from the Community Foundation of Elkhart County, further funding the Teach Elkhart County program.
of student teachers who finish the education program pass qualifying test for licensure
of education faculty have had K-12 classroom teaching experience
of education alumni say their undergraduate education prepared them for their teaching career
of 2016-17 graduates who sought teaching jobs were employed right after graduation
Learn more about Goshen College's exceptional academic outcomes and national rankings.
Ally, a 2017 elementary education graduate, didn’t have to come far to have the world at her fingertips. One reason she chose GC is because of the opportunities to study abroad.
Ally's storyKristen Savage came to Goshen College to study elementary education, and after a few years of teaching opened her own riding school.
Kristen's storyAs a teacher with an active lifestyle, Liz Martin '07 loves living and working in Goshen.
Liz's storyMinh (Nguyen) Kauffman ’74 has dedicated her professional life to social change and community building across countries, cultures and language barriers.
Liz Berg '12, from Canada, and Marcelle Zoughbi '13, from Palestine, came to Goshen College to study nursing and elementary education. While at Goshen, they became activists for peace and justice in the Middle East.
Liz's storySince middle school, 2012 graduate Daisy Gaspar has known she wanted to be a teacher. At Goshen College, she was able to meet that goal.
Daisy's storyKathy Meyer Reimer
Professor of Education
Director of Elementary Student Tch
Brooke Lemmon
Associate Professor of Education
Director of Special Education
Suzanne Ehst
Associate Professor of Education & Director of Secondary Education
Janine Ostergren
Education Administrative Assistant
Karen Kreider Yoder
Affiliated Professor of Education
