Grace College
Winona Lake, IN
Winona Lake, IN
Winona Lake, IN
Created to teach
In the School of Education, Grace College embraces the ideology that “teaching must be characterized as a career deeply influenced by moral practice” (Fenstermacher, in Goodlad, et. al). That’s why we are deeply concerned about instilling the principles of character, competence, and service into our future teachers. Here’s how!
Character
Every day in the classroom, teachers are faced with decisions. Our courses engage in conversation with this in mind: What is the role of a teacher’s character, and how does it affect students?
Competence
We pride ourselves on being excellent. We require more than 100 hours of classroom experience starting as soon as your first semester—and that’s before a full semester of student teaching! We do everything in our control to ensure you graduate as a top-notch candidate.
Service
Teachers must have a spirit of community and a willingness to serve. We want you to leave inspired, approaching your career with an eagerness to love others and glorify God. And our motivation for the journey comes from Micah 6:8: “He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the Lord require of you but to do justice, and to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?”
Areas of study
We offer majors in Elementary Education (K-6 General Education), Special Education, and Secondary Education for Business, English, French, Life Sciences, Math, Social Studies, History, and Spanish.
Field experience
Education majors have wide-ranging opportunities with Christian schools, public schools, inner-city settings, diverse cultures, and diverse socio-economic levels. As an Education major, your field experiences begin as early as your freshman year in the Teaching School in America course, and most of your field experiences will be within a half-hour drive from campus.
We love where we live! The Village at Winona boasts the best of lakeside recreation, fine dining, artisan shops, and cozy cafés. Stroll two blocks down the hill from our campus or bike the scenic greenway trails to arrive at this resort town where you can spend weekends boating, skiing, or paddleboarding. Campus is also mere minutes from Warsaw, Indiana—the Orthopaedic Capital of the World. Warsaw is home to Fortune 500 companies where engineering innovation abounds and job opportunities are plentiful.
Highest Exam Scores in Indiana
For the third year in a row, Grace students earned the highest Indiana CORE Elementary Reading Exam scores of those reported.
Accolades and Recognition
The Grace School of Education ranked in the top five among schools for Elementary Education Pedagogy, Elementary Social Studies, and Elementary Science.
170+ Hours of Classroom Experience
Students will receive 170+ hours of field experience in local K-6 classrooms (in addition to campus coursework) before they do student teaching.
100% Pass-Rates
Education majors also had the highest average score in the state for Special Education with the Mild Intervention licensure exam with a 100% first-attempt pass rate.
100% Principal Satisfaction
100% of Education graduates have been rated effective or highly effective by Indiana principals.
100% Program Satisfaction
Thousands of Education graduates are currently teaching at Christian and public schools in the US and abroad, and 100% of them report satisfaction with the program.
“Grace College’s School of Education has, in just two years, radically changed my approach to teaching, learning, and learners. The professors routinely model Godly character, sharpen students’ competence by challenging their thinking, and expecting them to own their learning.”
“From the very first class in the program to graduation and beyond, all of the staff are invested in their relationships with the students of the program and seeing them through to a successful career.”