College of Education Points of Pride
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530+ school districts throughout Illinois with Redbird student teachers
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500+ clinical hours before student teaching
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Laboratory Schools on Illinois State’s campus provide 50,000+ clinical hours for education students
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220+ school districts recruit education students at ISU career fairs
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$900,000+ in student scholarships awarded each year to future teachers
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Global Learning through multiple programs for education study abroad and student teaching
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20+ education registered student organizations
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60+ school districts with mentors for Redbird school administrators
- 62,000 Illinois State education alumni living and working in all 50 states and 69 countries worldwide
- Efaw Center for Excellence supports education students academically and socially
- Redbird Educator Scholars provides peer mentoring and community building opportunities for new education students
- Educator Alumni Mentoring Program pairs education students with teacher mentors
- Educational Technology Lab is equipped with multiple technology tools for education students
- Most National Board Certified alumni in the Midwest
- $11.2 M in external grants produced by COE faculty and staff annually
- Top 10 college offering degrees in education in the U.S., College Factual
- #3 best college offering bachelor’s degrees in special education in the United States, College Factual
- One of only two schools in the nation with both a low vision and a deaf and hard hearing program, and one of only eight schools offering an undergraduate low vision program
- Top 100 graduate school for education, U.S. News and World Report
Laboratory Schools
- The University Laboratory Schools includes Thomas Metcalf School and University High School and serves 1,000 students.
- 22% of Laboratory School teachers are National Board Certified Teachers, compared to 3 percent nationwide.
- Thomas Metcalf School is in the top 8% of Illinois elementary schools and top 3% for Illinois middle schools, U.S. News and World Report
- University High School is in the top 20 for best public high schools in Illinois, U.S. News and World Report