Experience. The Classroom.
Learn from the best to become the best. Shadow in a classroom your very first semester and observe master teachers at work.
Become the teacher you loved the most.
Learn to educate the whole child in a 21st-century learning environment through hands-on, in-the-actual-classroom experiences that will prepare you for an in-demand career path.
300
hours of classroom experience
99%
edTPA passage rate
90%
Job placement as teachers
Which type of educator do you want to be?
GU has plenty of options
Why GU?
Fully Accredited
Our School of Education is accredited through the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) and the Illinois State Board of Education (ISBE).
Character Education
Earn nationally recognized certification in character education from Character Plus and learn to educate the whole child.
Generous Classroom Hours
Acquire more than 300 hours of experience in rural and urban classrooms and enter the teaching field confident and prepared.
Experienced Faculty
Gain insights from experienced faculty with extensive knowledge of classroom management and learn how to help remove barriers in the classroom.
Get the experience to make a difference.
Level up the classroom.
1054
total enrollment: 1054
1892
founded in 1892
40
Professional Partners/Mentors
Caring professors see things in you that maybe you don’t yet see in yourself.
“While I came to play soccer, I left with a passion to teach middle schoolers.”
- Santiago Alzate, '23 Secondary Education Physical Education