School-Based M.Ed. | John Carroll University

As America emerges from a pandemic, many recent college graduates and young professionals respond to the call to become a instructor. Have you considered becoming part of the solution for young learners across all three levels: primary, middle school and high school?

John Carroll University offers a school-based Master of Education designed to prepare you to sit for applicable licensure or certification in Ohio. This affordable, accelerated Masters program rewards you for 11 months of intensive, full-time study — starting in the summer and extending through the following full academic year.

94%

Average Ohio Assessments for Educators (OAE) pass rate over the last three years.

64.5%

Ohio public school teachers have a masters degree.

$54k

Average Ohio public school teacher salary.

SPARK AHA MOMENTS - MAKE A LASTING IMPACT

Your decision to serve students as a classroom teacher stands for something more than a career choice. From a Jesuit perspective, teaching is a calling to leadership through moral imagination, self-discovery and a commitment to meeting the complex needs of your students.

John Carroll University has been preparing teachers since 1920 and continues to be recognized for its commitment to developing teachers for the long haul: fully reflective professionals who strive for social justice, full equity and inclusion, classroom excellence and the greater good.

LEARN TO TEACH BY TEACHING

JCU’s program combines full-time coursework and a full-day internship at one of our partner school sites. You will be matched with a master teacher who will guide you through each phase of classroom development: teaching, pedagogy, curriculum, and assessment.

SERVE A HIGHER GOOD

JCU attracts candidates with diverse personal and academic backgrounds who appreciate that every student can be a successful learner. We build intentional support for all students from the start of the program so that you can make a difference in the lives of children, young adults, and families across Ohio’s rural and urban school settings.

FIND YOUR RIGHT FIT

Our school-based Master of Education can prepare you to teach in primary, middle school or high school.
Our full-year internship placements include Catholic, independent, public and charter schools.

MENTORING

You’ll be mentored by JCU education professors, veteran teachers in the field, and by a dedicated mentor assigned to all School-Based interns. These mentors and colleagues will accelerate your teaching career and open up opportunities for teaching jobs and future roles in education leadership, research, and policy.

NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED

In our last national accreditation review, the JCU Department of Education was one of a select group of universities nationwide recognized for excellence in preparing educators and using evidence to improve our programs.

GAIN A COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE

Start networking from day one. Tap into our large network of Northeast Ohio teachers and district leaders. State grants will pay you to attend key webinars and conferences.

WIN THE JOB INTERVIEW

John Carroll hosts an annual teacher recruiting fair on campus for hiring districts. Our professional development seminar prepares you with mock interviews and resume reviews.

YOU COULD BE SOMEONE’S SUPERHERO

HIGH-NEED AREAS

When asked to draw a mathematician or scientist, girls are twice as likely to draw men as they were to draw women. Data tells us that shouldn’t be so.

Nationally, math test scores for girls mirror those of boys in fourth and eighth grades; middle school girls pass algebra at higher rates than boys. In science, girls perform on par with boys and enroll in advanced science and math courses at equal rates as they move into high school.

By teaching STEM, you can inspire more girls to enter STEM fields—science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

According to the National Center for Educational Statistics, in 2017-18, only 11% of teachers in public elementary schools identified as male. You can break the cycle of too few men in elementary education, and provide an important role model for young girls and boys who have few or none.

Almost 50% of US public school students are students of color, but approximately 85% of the US public school teacher workforce is White. Research has shown that having teachers of color inspires higher achievement and better outcomes for diverse students. By becoming a teacher, you can help address inequitable outcomes in education.

ALUMNI QUOTES

“The School-Based Program at JCU allowed me to excel in my teaching career after graduation. Because of the skills the program provided me, I was promoted to Master Teacher and Science Department Head in my second year post-grad.”

– Patrick Jungling, ’21, AYA (7-12) Life Science Licensure

“JCU’s School-Based Program and year-long internship trained me from the ground up in how to think, research, and problem solve like a master teacher. In collaboration with one of my professors in the program, I authored a research article on multilingual education that eventually became published in a national teacher journal!”

– Austin Curtin, ’20, Primary Education (P-5) Licensure

“JCU’s School-Based Program not only accelerated my career path, but it also gave me the tools to find a teaching job right out of the program.”

– Leslie Gair, ’19, AYA (7-12) Science Licensure

“The School-Based Program at JCU allowed me to utilize my undergraduate degrees (Child and Family Studies and Psychology) and make them more useful than I could ever imagine by getting my Masters in Education. My mentor teacher is someone I still consider to be a close friend, and I am the teacher I am today because of her and the other incredible professors and educators I met during my time in the program. I also secured my current job by meeting my first principal (who is now superintendent) at a John Carroll job fair! JCU opened so many doors for me and I will forever be grateful.”

– Kara Oster ’18, Primary Education (P-5) Licensure

“Unlike coursework that takes place solely in an academic setting, the JCU School-Based Program allowed me to apply what I was learning in my courses in real time throughout the school year. Seeing and feeling the rhythm of a school year by living it with students in the classroom was one of the most helpful aspects of this program in my first years as a teacher.”

– Jessica Engstrom ’10, Primary Education (P-5) Licensure

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