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Help your student make a difference; help your student become a teacher

You have made a difference in the life of your student, and now you want to see that

student make a difference for someone else. You can encourage your son or

daughter to change the lives of others by becoming a teacher.

The BYU David O. McKay School of Education prepares educators and leaders by

providing them with classroom experience, mentoring, and research opportunities.

The following list briefly explains a few of the programs and initiatives that the

McKay School offers to prepare its students to become outstanding teachers.

BYU-Public School Partnership:For 28 years the McKay School has

participated in a partnership with five area school districts and with other

colleges on campus to provide its teacher candidates with exceptional

opportunities for internships, student teaching, and educational research.

TheEducator Preparation Program (EPP)unites seven other BYU colleges to

provide teacher preparation in subjects that are not taught in the McKaySchool: participants are the Colleges of Fine Arts and Communications;

Biology and Agriculture; Physical and Mathematical Sciences; Life Sciences;

Humanities; Family, Home, and Social Sciences; and Engineering and

Technology.

Mentoring: Many McKay School programs provide mentors for their

students. Your student will learn from current educators what to expect as a

teacher and how to best prepare. The McKay School also maintains channels

through which current students can learn from alumni. For example, a recent

alumna shares her experiences as a first-year teacher with future teachers in

a video athttp://mckayalumni.byu.edu/s/1085/09-education/index.aspx?sid=1085&gid=10&pgid=3372.

PETE: The McKay School provides an excellent coaching and physical

education program for students interested in sports and fitness. The PETE

program teaches students to perform a variety of sport, fitness and dance

activities, preparing them to teach and coach others. Learn more about it at

http://education.byu.edu/news/2012/05/01/have-you-met-pete/.

Language endorsement:As the number of English language learners in

public schools increases, the need for qualified teachers to help them

increases as well. The McKay School now requires students in its elementaryeducation program to complete a TESOL (Teaching Students of Other

Languages) minor, which meets Utah state requirements for the TESOL

endorsement and prepares students to obtain the same endorsement in

other states.

You and your student can learn more about the departments and majors in the

McKay School by visiting its websitehttp://education.byu.edu/prospective/.

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