We provide the highest number of graduates to become teachers in the state of Utah, with placement rates at or above 94% for licensed graduates seeking employment in special education, elementary education, and 18 secondary education fields. Our college is ranked #1 in the state of Utah by the U.S. News and World report and receives over $40 million annually in research funding to support teaching and clinical services.
We are a unit of the Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services at Utah State University, where our undergraduate and graduate programs are strengthened by an on-campus elementary laboratory school and five stand-alone centers, as we prepare students for influential participation in local and global communities.
Dr. Colby Tofel-Grehl is partnering with a rural middle school in Hawaii to develop culturally responsive computing projects for youth as they advocate for the island’s wahi pana, or sacred spaces.
Dr. Mario Suárez has received a grant from the American Association for the Advancement of Science to research increasing opportunities for LGBTQ students in STEM fields by collecting and managing data on sexual orientation and gender identity.
Associate professor Amy Piotrowski and doctoral student Mary Ellen Greenwood of the School of Teacher Education and Leadership published an award-winning article about assessing students’ multimodal compositions to encourage digital and media literacy.
Students from Bear River Charter School were surprised to discover their artwork had been chosen to adorn a Cache Valley Transportation Department bus to celebrate the tenth year of the Art in Transit: From Schools to Community program adorning the buses....
