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Childhoods spent teaching younger siblings and teddy bears. Becoming engrossed in math, history, music, sharing it and helping others understand it. While still in high school themselves, working in classroom settings and feeling the certainty of knowing this was the place they wanted to be, what they wanted to do. This is what the newest ESU Patterson Scholars have in common.

Kansas high school students will get to experience what it takes to be a teacher at the Kansas Future Teacher Academy in Emporia June 10-14. The academy will consist of 35 students and will be held on the Emporia State University campus.

Sixty Emporia State University students from The Teachers College and three retiring faculty members received special recognition at The Teachers College 34th Annual Honors Banquet held the evening of May 4. Twenty-two received outstanding student awards and 41 students were honored for achievement of a 3.8 grade point average or higher.

Emporia State University is pleased to announce the launch of our MS Educational Administration online program and four MS Curriculum and Instruction online programs.

Education policy — what and how teachers are to convey content to K-12 students — is a constant. The need to understand the standards is a need shared by all school administrators and teachers.

The Teachers College at Emporia State University is pleased to announce a scholarship opportunity for incoming freshman planning to major in elementary or secondary education. For the fifth year in a row, the Teacher Education Scholarship from international best-selling author James Patterson, will be awarded to six incoming freshmen in education. The $6,000 renewable scholarships will be awarded to eligible applicants for the 2018-2019 academic year. Applications for the scholarship are open now through 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, May 31, 2018.

The Teachers College at Emporia State University will now offer a Master’s in Elementary Education program designed for career changers interested in teaching.

Kansas high school students looking toward the future have the opportunity to see if they want to be among the future generation of teachers, coaches, counselors, education researchers, speech therapists — every profession beginning with a degree in education.

Representing nearly 160 years of classroom experience, members of the 2018 class of Kansas Master Teachers were announced today.

Five faculty members at Emporia State University received awards on Jan. 11 for their work within The Teachers College.