Eastern Michigan University College of Education
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The Eastern Michigan University College of Education was established in 1959. Eastern Michigan University
has had a long history of developing educators since its founding in 1849 as Michigan State Normal School. Eastern Michigan prides itself as the largest producer of educational personnel in the country since 1991. The College of Education is divided into 3 departments and offers over 85 majors and minors and over 30 graduate degrees.
. Even though the college was established in 1959, Eastern Michigan University has had a long history of training future educators since its inception in 1849. Eastern Michigan University was originally established as Michigan State Normal School. Michigan State Normal School was the first in Michigan and the first normal school
created outside the original 13 colonies. A normal school
was a school created to train high school graduates to be teachers. Its purpose was to establish teaching standards or norms, hence its name. The normal schools were to train teachers for common schools, which were being established rapidly in new towns in the state of Michigan. In 1849, when Michigan State Normal School was established, Michigan was only admitted to the union for only 12 years.
In 1899, the school became the Michigan State Normal College when it created the first four-year curriculum for a normal college in the nation. Normal began the twentieth century as Michigan's premier teacher-preparatory school and had become the first teacher-training school in the United States to have a four-year degree program. In 1915, the school was the first program in the nation to train teachers to serve the disabled. Today Eastern Michigan University's Department of Special Education is among the oldest special education program in the United States, started In 1923. As well, Eastern Michigan prides itself as the largest producer of educational personnel in the country since 1991. In 1959, the College of Education was established. At the same time, Eastern became a university gaining the title Eastern Michigan University. The Porter College of Education is named after John W. Porter, former EMU President from 1979 to 1988.
Eastern Michigan University
Eastern Michigan University is a comprehensive, co-educational public university located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Ypsilanti is west of Detroit and eight miles east of Ann Arbor. The university was founded in 1849 as Michigan State Normal School...
has had a long history of developing educators since its founding in 1849 as Michigan State Normal School. Eastern Michigan prides itself as the largest producer of educational personnel in the country since 1991. The College of Education is divided into 3 departments and offers over 85 majors and minors and over 30 graduate degrees.
History
Eastern Michigan University College of Education was one of the first colleges established at the newly named Eastern Michigan UniversityEastern Michigan University
Eastern Michigan University is a comprehensive, co-educational public university located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. Ypsilanti is west of Detroit and eight miles east of Ann Arbor. The university was founded in 1849 as Michigan State Normal School...
. Even though the college was established in 1959, Eastern Michigan University has had a long history of training future educators since its inception in 1849. Eastern Michigan University was originally established as Michigan State Normal School. Michigan State Normal School was the first in Michigan and the first normal school
Normal school
A normal school is a school created to train high school graduates to be teachers. Its purpose is to establish teaching standards or norms, hence its name...
created outside the original 13 colonies. A normal school
Normal school
A normal school is a school created to train high school graduates to be teachers. Its purpose is to establish teaching standards or norms, hence its name...
was a school created to train high school graduates to be teachers. Its purpose was to establish teaching standards or norms, hence its name. The normal schools were to train teachers for common schools, which were being established rapidly in new towns in the state of Michigan. In 1849, when Michigan State Normal School was established, Michigan was only admitted to the union for only 12 years.
In 1899, the school became the Michigan State Normal College when it created the first four-year curriculum for a normal college in the nation. Normal began the twentieth century as Michigan's premier teacher-preparatory school and had become the first teacher-training school in the United States to have a four-year degree program. In 1915, the school was the first program in the nation to train teachers to serve the disabled. Today Eastern Michigan University's Department of Special Education is among the oldest special education program in the United States, started In 1923. As well, Eastern Michigan prides itself as the largest producer of educational personnel in the country since 1991. In 1959, the College of Education was established. At the same time, Eastern became a university gaining the title Eastern Michigan University. The Porter College of Education is named after John W. Porter, former EMU President from 1979 to 1988.
Facility
The Porter College of Education building was built in 1967. The facility was originally built to serve at the university's library. As the university grew in size, a new library was needed. In 1998, Halle Library was built moving the library to it's new location. The Porter College of Education then occupied the University Library's old location. The facility is 133,500 square feet. During the renovations in 1998 and 1999, the building was updated to provide state-of-the-art computer networks and an up-to-date multimedia systems.Departments
The College of Education is divided into 3 departments: Leadership and Counseling, Special Education, and Teacher Education and offers over 85 majors and minors and over 30 graduate degrees.Awards & Recognitions
- 2007 - Eastern Michigan University, the No. 1 producer of educators in the nation, received an "Exemplary" grade from the Michigan Department of Education.
- 2004 - The Michigan State Board of Education recognized Eastern Michigan University for its extensive inclusion in the U.S. News and World Report book Becoming a Teacher.
- 1991 - Distinguished Program in Teacher Education (CITE), Association of Teacher Educators. Silver Award, Council for Advancement and Support of Education.
- 1989 - EMU was cited for ten innovative teacher education programs in Those Who Can (American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, 1989).
- 1987 - Distinguished Achievement Award in Teacher Education, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education.
- 1986 - Distinguished Program in Teacher Education, Association of Teacher Educators.
- Exemplary Staff Development Program Which Serves as a Model for the Nation's Schools, American Association of School Administrators.
- 1985 - Showcase for Excellence (Pre-service Elementary Teacher Education Program in Science), American Association of State Colleges and Universities.
- Showcase for Excellence (Staff Development for School Improvement Program), American Association of State Colleges and Universities.
- Exemplary Science Program, National Science Teachers Association.