Become a Teacher at EMU

At EMU, our teacher education program prepares Christian teachers to teach in public schools. Teacher education students become competent, caring, reflective educators who advocate for children and youth, develop caring learning environments, respond creatively to change, and value service to others. For them, teaching is a calling, an act of service to the world.

Graduate success

Our teacher education program carries the highest accreditation standards in the nation! EMU is one of only five private colleges in Virginia to be NCATE-certified.

Employers know EMU teacher education graduates come from a high-quality program. In 2006 placement rate for new teachers was 100% and in recent years has never dropped below 95%.

Professors say this success comes from the years of field experience; by the fourth week of classes, EMU teacher education students are working in the field, putting their lessons into effect in classrooms near and far.

And EMU's lab school, the Early Learning Center, allows every PreK-3 licensure student to work with community preschoolers.

EMU offers an outstanding Christian liberal arts education emphasizing core Anabaptist and Mennonite values of peacebuilding, community and service to others.