Education Program

ELEMENTARY (K-6)SECONDARY (5-12 AND k-12)TRANSITION TO TEACHINGMASTER'S (M.A.T)EL LICENSURE

Where Educators Are Made

At Goshen, you’ll teach long before you student-teach.

Education majors begin working with students in their first year. Before student teaching, you will have numerous opportunities to gain experience in local schools, observing, tutoring, and teaching alongside highly-qualified teachers.

Preparation extends beyond traditional walls. There are opportunities to lead lessons at Merry Lea Environmental Learning Center.

Backed by authentic, real-world experience and a global perspective, you’ll graduate prepared and confident to lead your own classroom.

What This Means for You

  • 9:1
    Student-faculty ratio, small class sizes with professors who care and foster student success.
  • 15
    Area school districts host field placements and student teaching in a variety of settings.
  • 100%
    of students complete our program with confidence and real-world teaching experience.

    • My experience in the Teacher Education program was a very positive and transformative experience. Every professor I crossed paths with was not just someone who deepened my learning, but a person who challenged me, listened to me, and pushed me to grow as a teacher and a leader but most importantly as a man.

      Micah Spatt ’25

      Basketball coach and teacher · Warren East High School

    Choose What You’ll Teach

    Here’s where you specialize. Highlights below; full list in the Course Catalog or browse all majors & minors.

    Elementary (K–6) · Dual licensure with Special Education, English Learners or a licensable minor.

    Secondary (5–12) · double major with Biology, Chemistry, English, Mathematics, Physics, Social Studies, Spanish & more

    All-Grade (P–12) · double major with Art, Music, Physical Education, TESOL

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    Graduate & Licensure Options

    • Kathy Meyer Reimer aiding her students through an in-class activity.

      Transition to Teaching

      Already have a bachelor’s degree? Earn your initial teaching license through a streamlined program built for career-changers entering the classroom.

    • English Language Learners Licensure

      Add the English Language Learners endorsement to your existing license. Designed for working educators ready to support multilingual classrooms.

    • Master of Arts in Teaching

      Take your teaching to the next level with a master’s degree built around your classroom: research, leadership and advanced pedagogy without leaving your job.

      Your Classroom Is Waiting.

      One application is all that’s between you and your first day of teaching.

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