Parent Teacher Conferences: Choosing the Right Teaching College

In Kansas, there are 25 colleges/universities that have approved teacher preparation programs. This means by earning a degree from one of these universities, your teaching license from the state of Kansas will be approved (pending other requirements).

Colleges with Approved programs include:

·         ACCT   http://www.acck.edu

·         Baker University http://www.bakeru.edu

·         Benedictine College  http://www.benedictine.edu/

·         Bethany College http://www.bethanylb.edu

·         Bethel College http://www.bethelks.edu

·         Central Christian College     www.centralchristian.edu

·         Donnelly College www.donnelly.edu

·         Emporia State University http://www.emporia.edu

·         Fort Hays State University http://www.fhsu.edu

·         Friends University http://www.friends.edu

·         Haskell Indian Nations University http://www.haskell.edu

·         Kansas State University http://www.educ.ksu.edu

·         Kansas Wesleyan University http://www.kwu.edu

·         McPherson College http://www.mcpherson.edu/

·         MidAmerica Nazarene University http://www.mnu.edu

·         Newman University http://www.newmanu.edu

·         Ottawa University http://www.ottawa.edu

·         Pittsburg State University http://www.pittstate.edu

·         Southwestern College http://www.sckans.edu

·         Sterling College http://www.sterling.edu

·         Tabor College http//www.tabor.edu

·         University of Kansas http://www.soe.ku.edu

·         University of Saint Mary http://www.stmary.edu/

·         Washburn University http://www.washburn.edu/

·         Wichita State University http://www.wichita.edu

 Each program is approved based on the ages/grades/content of certifications and can be found at http://www.ksde.org/Default.aspx?tabid=303

Make sure your college is approved in the area you are interested in before you get a degree from there!! Or you may have to take extra hours and schooling to become a teacher. If you are interested in teaching in another state check out the links from the KSDE website for each state: http://www.ksde.org/Default.aspx?tabid=303