College of Education Five Year Plan 2007-2012
College of Education Advances in U.S. News and World Report Rankings
Illinois State Makes AACTE Top Producer List
The College of Education provides leadership in teacher education through delivery of programs in several departments and units, including Curriculum and Instruction, Special Education, Educational Administration and Foundations; coordination of the Council for Teacher Education; and dissemination of research that informs policy and practice.
This college is a comprehensive and complex organization that prepares educators for the full range of education professions. Students select from early-childhood through administrative majors, bachelors through doctorate degrees. The College also provides a wide range of professional development for education professionals. Graduates are teachers, principals, superintendents, college and university presidents, student affairs personnel, professors, researchers, and policy makers.
We continue to be proud of the fact that nearly one in eight teachers in the state has graduated from Illinois State, making Illinois State one of the largest teacher preparation institution in the nation. The University has taken a strong leadership role in providing educators for the State of Illinois and beyond. The College of Education enrolls more than 3,000 students who choose from a wide array of teacher preparation programs, including elementary education, early childhood education, middle school/junior high, reading, and all areas of special education. Graduate programs are offered in Curriculum and Instruction, Special Education, K-12 Administration, and Higher Education Administration.
The College of Education is one of only 85 in the nation that maintains laboratory schools. Thomas Metcalf and University High schools provide a unique educational option from pre-kindergarten through the senior year for approximately 1,000 students in the community. The schools also serve as sites for clinical experiences that are critically important to the College’s future teachers.
Illinois State University has an “enduring commitment to educate teachers who will be responsible to the moral and intellectual demands a democratic society places on them” (Realizing the Democratic Ideal, 2000).
Educating Illinois (view draft, Educating Illinois 2007-2014) identifies five values driving the action plan for our University. In the College of Education, these five values are realized through the conceptual framework, Realizing the Democratic Ideal (2000): "To teach in a democracy is self-consciously to take up the burden of improving the moral and intellectual quality of our societal dialogue by including in it as many educated voices as possible."
This democratic conception of education, as well as the policy statement on the Art and Science of Teaching, informs the College of Education vision, mission, and goals.
The College of Education at Illinois State University will lead the nation in transforming 21st century learning.
The College of Education at Illinois State University will transform 21st century learning.
The purpose of the College of Education is to improve teaching and learning. We believe that improved teaching and learning resides in the quality of student outcomes. Therefore, our work focuses on the quality of the instruction that the student receives. In addition, we assert that improvement efforts must be approached systematically. Looking beyond the time that our students spend in our classrooms, we want to instill in them the understanding that lifelong learning is the most powerful pathway to the improvement of instruction. We teach that it is incumbent upon us all to continually learn and grow professionally.
Teacher education at Illinois State influences the educational system by interacting directly with practitioners in the field through partnerships in schools and other associations and agencies. Review the College's goals and accomplishments.
From its beginning in 1857 as Illinois State Normal University, Illinois State was a model for teacher education. The College of Education significantly contributes to Illinois' and the nation's capacity to provide quality education for every learner. Meet the leaders and learn of their contributions to the College of Education (pdf).
The College of Education has been accredited since 1954.
Externally-funded research and service projects are supported by over $6 million in federal, state, and private grants and contracts. Learn about the College grants and research.
Get the latest College of Education news, read pamphlets and brochures describing programs and events, and view videos produced by the College.
Learn about the facilities that house the College's departments, offices and centers.
The College's system of shared governance allows faculty, staff, and students to participate in administrative and policy-forming activities of the University through college committees.
The College of Education discusses educational policy development within the national, state and local arenas with more than 20 professional organizations.
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