The Teachers College Centers + Services
Centers + Services
The Teachers College Centers + Services
We are part of several communities: our geographic communities, our learning communities, our professional communities - and we offer resources to serve your communities or help you shift your career, upgrade your skills or start on a new professional path.
Center for Early Childhood Education
The CECE, located in the Butcher Education Center at 15th and Merchant, strives to provide a high quality early childhood environment for children of ESU students, faculty, and the surrounding community.
The Teachers College Literacy Center
Literacy is the gateway to success in life. Literacy begins at birth and continues throughout adulthood. Literacy encompasses all modes of language: reading writing, speaking, listening, viewing, and visually representing. All of these modes are instrumental in the practices of The Teachers College Literacy Center.
Great Plains Center for National Teacher Certification
The Great Plains Center for National Teacher Certification at ESU offers a program of professional development at no cost for teachers in Kansas going through the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) assessment process.
Office of Field Placement + Licensure
We are here to help you with guidance and information in the areas of licensure, field experience, restricted licensure, student teaching, and coordination of the Family Literacy Program.
The Teachers College Resource and Outreach Center
The Teachers College Resource and Outreach Center (TROC) offers a collection of children’s and young adult literature, professional books, and instructional resources for faculty and students to grow in knowledge about teaching and to plan instructional lessons.
Reading Recovery University Training Center
Reading Recovery is a short term, early intervention program designed for the lowest achievers in a first grade classroom. Our training center prepares to teachers to work in schools as a Reading Recovery teacher in order to bring students up to the level of literacy of their peers. ESU houses the only Reading Recovery University Training Center in Kansas.