Education Career Guide

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Places to Gain Related Experience:

  • IKUS Life Enrichment Services
  • EDUStaff, LLC – Substitute teaching
  • The McCahill Group
  • National Heritage Academies
  • Amazon
  • Everyday Wonders Educare
  • Learning Care Group
  • Professional Educational Group Services (PESG)
  • Camp Fire

Where Alumni Have Landed

  • English/Spanish Teacher – Grand Rapids Public Schools
  • Substitute Teacher – EDU Staff, LLC
  • Special Education Teacher – Kenowa Hills Public Schools
  • Customer Success Manager – TenMarks Education, an Amazon Company
  • Technology Integration Specialist – Grandville Public Schools
  • Adjunct Professor*  – Grand Rapids Community College
  • Dean of Human Services* Baker College
  • Dean of Adult Education* – Grace Bible College
  • Grants Consultant – National Heritage Academies – Grants Consultant
  • Physical Education Teacher  – Aurora Public Schools (Colorado)
  • Teacher Consultant – Fraser Public Schools
  • Secondary Special Education Supervisor* Troy School District
  • Supervisor of Special Education* Eastern Service Unit
  • Director of Special Education – Sparta Area Schools
  • KTC CORE West Program Instructor (Career Orientation Readiness Education) – Kent ISD
  • GED Instructor* – Sparta Area Schools –
  • Alternative Academy Virtual Teacher – Montabella Community Schools
  • Director of Adult Education*  Sparta Area Schools
  • Secondary English Teacher and Trainer –  Peace Corps
  • Principal* –  Byron Center Public Schools

Spotlights

Samantha Allman '20 Spotlight

Samantha Allman '20

My favorite Grand Valley memory has got to be every moment in the College of Education. I became so close with my cohort because we took every class together, worked on math proofs, and collaborated on teaching strategies together.

Patricia Moes, ne Dys '66 Spotlight

Patricia Moes, ne Dys '66

Being the Victorian of the first graduating class.

Emily Gorno '21 Spotlight

Emily Gorno '21

Some of my favorite memories at GVSU were within my integrated science classes. I made some lifelong friends, being crammed together in the same classes for two years, and we had many good times together in Padnos.

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Student Organizations to Consider

  • Council for Exceptional Children (CECS)
  • Kappa Delta Pi
  • Teachers of Tomorrow – Phi Delta Kappa
  • Student Chapter of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)

Study Abroad Programs

Discover the different education systems around the world and develop your own personal international pedagogy.  Imagine yourself doing your student teaching in an Indian classroom with the COST program, or learn the Hungarian teaching style during a semester in Budapest!


Graduate and Professional Education


Develop some of these technical and professional competencies to be successful:

  • Leadership
  • Customer service
  • Teaching
  • Teamwork
  • Social media
  • Curriculum development
  • Educational leadership
  • Classroom management
  • Educational Technology
  • Response To Intervention (RTI)

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