The educator preparation profession, including JMU’s teacher preparation programs, is among the most highly regulated professions in the nation—perhaps the most highly regulated. JMU is proud of the fact that its professional educator preparation unit has the distinction of being continuously accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)—the nation’s most rigorous and prestigious professional accrediting body—since 1954... Read More...
Six JMU students were recognized at the 2013 Teachers of Promise (TOP) Institute on March 22 and 23 in Richmond: Stephanie Cheatham, a graduate student in Elementary Education; Ethan Craft, a graduate student in Middle Education; Caitlin Rotchford, a graduate student in Secondary Education; Sarah Sams, a graduate student in Inclusive Early Childhood Education; Morgan Wells, a graduating senior in Art Education; and Vivian Yun, a graduate student in Secondary Education. Read more...

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Essays by members of COE community.
Area youth art exhibit in Memorial Hall
Read short essays written by Dean Wishon on issues facing the education profession.
Harrisonburg City after school program website.