Franciscan University’s Education Department Is Making a Difference
Dr. Megan Reister shares how Franciscan’s Education Department is involved with the local community.
Prepare for professional teaching license exams using research-based best practices in an accredited education degree program at Franciscan University of Steubenville in Ohio. The undergraduate program curriculum integrates Catholic identity with the teaching environment to help you learn how to educate, form, and evangelize students and Disciples of Christ.
Choose from the following CAEP accredited concentration areas for Ohio state licensure:
For more information about meeting the educational requirements for licensure in other states please see the updated licensure disclosures.
Answer the call with Catholic morals and values
With the Education Program at Franciscan University of Steubenville, future teachers are formed through a curriculum rooted in best teaching practices and illuminated by the Catholic faith. They then go forth to provide their own students with an integrated education, helping them grow intellectually and personally.
Here are just a few other ways Franciscan’s education bachelor’s degree program stands out from the rest:
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Students graduating with an education bachelor’s degree from Franciscan University in Ohio are highly sought after for education jobs in public, Catholic, parochial, private, charter, STEM, missionary, online, and home schools in Ohio, across the country, and around the world.
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View the Education Program on the Undergraduate Catalog
DataSTARS is the result of work done out of a grant called: Preparing Teachers to Use a Variety of Evidence-Based Reading Strategies & Tools in the Science of Reading through Creation of a Shared Virtual Database: A Collaboration between Pre-service and In-service Educators – Applied in Virtual & F2F Environments.
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One of two fifth grade teachers at St. Bernadette Catholic School in Springfield, Virginia, Audrey Allman uses her Franciscan University education to help students grow in teamwork, communication, and academics…
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Elijah Ferbrache ’12 Graduate Education Elijah Ferbrache MSE ’12 has a passion for great books. After earning his undergraduate degree from St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland, the Ohio native…
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Armed with the skills to think critically and speak clearly, Carolyn Conlon landed a job as a lead fifth grade teacher at Great Hearts Western Hills in San Antonio, Texas,…
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Emma Starre is living out success in the education field as the Intervention Specialist for Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in Toledo, Ohio.
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“Preach the Gospel at all times. If necessary, use words.” For Teresa Kovach, the words of St. Francis sum up her experience at Franciscan University. After graduating with her degree…
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For some students, a traditional public school just won’t work. Due to academic, behavioral or social issues, they aren’t accepted or don’t choose to attend. In Phoenix, Arizona, those students…
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In recent years, education majors have won first place for their research and professional development creations at the GRACE Conference. Franciscan’s conference on research, artistry, and community engagement provides opportunities for undergraduate students to showcase their learning while sharing resources with local educators and administrators.
Join your peers in practicing professional leadership through student clubs and activities, such as Chiron, Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society, Student Council for Exceptional Children, Students Serving Moms, local outreach through Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center, Weirton Christian, Parish School of Religion, America Reads Programs, and mission trips.
Immerse yourself in diverse and culturally relevant teaching experiences. Through Franciscan University’s Austria Program, you can receive an international field placement for an opportunity to teach in one of six schools in Gaming and Schiebbs, Austria. In the Active Learning: Science & Social Studies for the Young Child course, you can teach social studies units to English language learners in Austria.
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Dr. Megan Reister shares how Franciscan’s Education Department is involved with the local community.
Two professors in Franciscan University of Steubenville’s Education Department received a $75,000 grant from the Ohio Deans Compact on Exceptional Children to create an online module to help educators across the state teach evidence-based behavior management practices.