The Elementary Teaching concentration is designed to help students become skilled and committed educators in elementary schools. This concentration prepares students to earn a State of Illinois Type 03 teaching certificate for grades K-9, which is required for work in Illinois public schools. Elementary teacher candidates may also pursue a middle school endorsement, which covers grades 6-8. Most students in the Elementary Teaching concentration do not have prior teaching experience, and a background in education is not required for admission.
The Elementary Teaching concentration is one of four focus areas within the Master of Science in Education Program at Northwestern University's School of Education and Social Policy. Ours is the only School of Education and Social Policy in the nation, and is ranked seventh of all graduate schools of education nationwide by
U.S. News and World Report.
