Justin Le, a student in the UI College of Education Teacher Education Program, is developing his leadership skills both in his classes and through his role as president of the University of Iowa Vietnamese Student Association. 

Kerri Donovan, a secondary education Teacher Education student from Naperville, Illinois, shares her first-person insights about the profound impact that working with students in the UI REACH Program is having on her as an educator.

Loyd joins UI REACH as new director

Jon Goodwin joined the University of Iowa College of Education this fall as a Visiting Assistant Professor in Counseling Psychology and School Psychology. Jon Goodman earned his doctorate in School Psychology from the University of Iowa and returned to complete a postdoctoral fellowship on-campus at the Belin-Blank Center for Gifted Education and Talent Development. His research interests focus on...

Guess what day it is…? “Where Do You Work?” Wednesday! This week meet alumna Debbie Tofte (BA ’95, Elementary Education). Tofte has lived in Oregon since 1998 and has been teaching for 23 years. She is currently in her seventh year of teaching humanities, language arts and social studies at Chehalem Valley Middle School in Newberg, Oregon. Tofte says she is happy to be teaching at the middle...

2017-2018 By the Numbers

Our Teacher Education Program is one of the best in the nation and sets our students apart from the pack. Real-world teaching and volunteer experience prepares them for the field of education, and our online master’s program furthers their skills while keeping them in the classroom.

We are committed to helping create safe spaces for LGBTQ individuals. Our LGBTQ counseling clinic helps LGBTQ people and their families and educates future counselors on working with LGBTQ patients, and the fourth annual LGBTQ Micro-conference brought community members together to share and learn from one another.

Most rural Iowa communities lack access to medical and mental healthcare and school resources, like Advanced Placement classes. The College of Education is partnering with communities to help bring access and resources to rural Iowa.

Kimberly Meller-Angus, a College of Education alumna and a social studies teacher at Northview Middle School in Ankeny, has been named the 2018 Iowa History Teacher of the Year.