Grounded in our Jesuit mission and liberal arts tradition, we prepare students to teach and lead for a more just society in schools and other settings. We focus on educating the whole person — mind, body, and spirit — and preparing students to lead and serve others. You will learn from caring, expert education faculty and gain valuable firsthand experience in area schools, helping you develop professionally and personally to make a difference in the classroom, your community, and beyond.
Learn why you can make a difference as an educator.
of JCU teacher candidates are hired for teaching positions, and 20% pursue further education, within 9 months after graduation.
John Carroll prepares educational leaders for a more just society. Learn more below.
The core curriculum courses will help you gain a broad base of knowledge in many subjects, develop highly valued communication skills, and sharpen your ability to creatively and confidently solve problems. You’ll build on that foundation with your education major, studying child or adolescent development, effective teaching methods, differences in learning, and more. You’ll also take courses in specific content areas and strategies for the teaching field you choose.
All of these studies are rooted in our 450-year-old Jesuit heritage, with its focus on educating the whole person—mind, body, and spirit—and preparing students to lead and serve others. A John Carroll education also will help you understand, appreciate, and engage the cultures and complexities of our increasingly global society.
John Carroll education professors are not only mentors who will teach your courses and advise you, but they are also first-rate researchers. They work with teachers, children, and school leaders to study and improve instructional technology, literacy programs, teacher education, and more. That faculty expertise translates into innovative education courses and research opportunities for John Carroll students.
Our students learn by doing – and teaching. The University has built strong relationships with numerous nearby school districts, which means that you’ll have ample opportunities to observe and work directly with students and teachers in their classrooms. These valuable experiences begin as early as your first year in the program and continue through your student teaching year.
As a capstone to your courses and fieldwork, John Carroll offers a unique professional year program for student teachers. You’ll first participate in a semester of pre-student teaching with weekly experiences observing and interacting with teachers and students in an area classroom.
The following semester you’ll student teach in that same classroom, collaborating with a cooperating teacher and a John Carroll education professor. The professional year helps you improve your teaching skills, learn to manage a classroom, and graduate prepared for your first teaching position.
Our alumni are accomplished teachers, school psychologists and counselors, principals, and leaders in public and private schools and other educational settings. John Carroll education graduates have a stellar reputation in schools in the region, state, and beyond.
Visit our Success Stories page to learn more our recent graduates.
Teaching positions needed by 2020
According to the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, 10,600 teaching positions will open annually until 2022. By then, 37,760 additional teaching positions will be needed. Our next generation needs you, and JCU can help you answer the call.
Initial Licensure programs are Accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) through 2026. These programs include: Undergraduate, Graduate-Professional Teacher, and Graduate-School-Based programs in Adolescent/Young Adult Education Licensure (all content areas), Middle Childhood Education Licensure (all content areas), and Early Childhood Education Licensure.
Advanced Licensure programs are Accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) through 2022. These programs include: MEd/EdS School Psychology Licensure program, and MEd Educational Leadership/Principal Licensure program.
Individual programs are also Nationally Recognized by the following Specialized Professional Associations (SPAs) through 2026:
National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) (Early Childhood Education Licensure programs: Undergraduate, Graduate-Professional Teacher, and Graduate-School Based)
The Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE) (Middle Childhood Education Licensure programs, all content areas: Undergraduate, Graduate-Professional Teacher, and Graduate-School Based)
National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS) (Adolescent/Young Adult Education-Integrated Social Studies Licensure programs: Undergraduate, Graduate-Professional Teacher, and Graduate-School Based)
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) (Adolescent/Young Adult Education-Integrated Language Arts Licensure programs: Undergraduate, and Graduate-Professional Teacher)
National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) (School Psychology Licensure program)
All programs are Approved by the Chancellor of the Ohio Department of Higher Education.
668.43(a)(5)(v) Disclosure Statement: We have determined that all licensure programs offered by our educator preparation program satisfy the state-specific education requirements for licensure or certification in the State of Ohio (OH). While our educator preparation program holds national accreditation, we have not made a universal determination regarding the individual licensure programs offered by our educator preparation program meeting state-specific educational requirements for licensure or certification in the States of: AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, DC, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NV, NH, NJ, NM, NY, NC, ND, OK, OR, PA, PR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VI, VA, WA, WV, WI, WY. For a list of state-by-state determination disclosures for each individual licensure program offered by the educator preparation program provider, please visit this document.
