Welcome current and prospective ESU Elementary Education majors! Emporia State University has a long history of preparing future educators. Our education programs are nationally accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) and the Kansas State Department of Educa

The Elementary Education program is a nationally recognized program. Dr. Art Levin selected ESU as one of four ‘model’ teacher preparation programs in the nation (Hartocollis, A., New York Times, July 31, 2005). Edutopia selected ESU as one of the top 10 leading schools of education (Rubenstein, G., Edutopia, http://www.edutopia.org/schools-of-education-emporia).

Your journey to becoming an elementary teacher is full of fun and exciting challenges. Use this site to help you understand the design of our education program and learn the requirements for program admission and graduation/licensure.

Before you start your journey, please take a moment to view some pictures of the ESU campus' (click here to play).