Middle Level Teacher Education

Middle Level Teacher Education at Illinois State is a vibrant, innovative program that prepares the majority of highly trained candidates for Illinois middle level schools. New candidates become part of the 50-year history of middle level education at Illinois State University. Illinois State is one of only two institutions in the state of Illinois with a middle level teacher education degree program.

Students successfully completing the program are certified to teach grades K-9. In addition, future middle level teachers are prepared with unique expertise in teaching young adolescents. The K-9 Teaching Certificate, earned by successful candidates, allows them to teach all subject areas. Illinois State Middle Level Program students are required to choose two subject areas in which to focus their studies. These concentration areas are supplemented with additional courses from the disciplines related to the concentration areas.

The middle level program has a senior-year block component during which candidates take specified pedagogy courses and spend four weeks in an intensive pre-student teaching internship experience in a middle level school under the supervision of a classroom teacher. The block semester serves to prepare middle level candidates for the student teaching term.

Advisement Main Phone Number:      (309) 438-5873
Location: Cecilia J. Lauby Teacher Education Center in DeGarmo 56
Secretary:      Bobbi Jo Schaefer
Advisors:        Toni Gorrell             Diane Meister        Maureen Smith
Program Coordinator: Dr. Doug Hatch, (309) 438-5369

Scholarship Information
Please see this webpage concerning C&I scholarships: http://www.coe.ilstu.edu/ci/scholarships/

Unique Housing for Education Majors

Check out the Curriculum and Instruction Lifestyle housing at Illinois State. This lifestyle is for students majoring or minoring in Curriculum and Instruction. This lifestyle provides the opportunity for academic support, career exploration, and integrated social experiences. For more information, please see this webpage: http://www.uhs.ilstu.edu/live/lifestyle_floors/ci.shtml

Realizing the Democratic Ideal

As with the other departments within the College of Education, the Department of Curriculum and Instruction promotes and follows "Realizing the Democratic Ideal", the conceptual framework for all teacher education programs at Illinois State University.