About our Education Program
Become a Resilient
Teacher
Our program focuses on leadership skills to help you face challenges and succeed.
Designed to foster resilience crucial for long-term success in education, we'll prepare you for your teaching career. Being a teacher isn’t easy; but, embracing our growth mindset, you'll learn to tackle challenges like negative classroom behavior, burnout and lack of funding. You'll persist through adversity and derive valuable lessons from criticism. Moreover, a network of relationships—from faculty and local schoolteachers to fellow students—gives you a mentoring framework that supports your professional journey.
Program Options
No matter your professional goals, our program provides the opportunity to work in a variety of educational settings throughout your program of study.
Major
If you're seeking an elementary to middle school license (Grades K through 9), or want to teach science, you will complete a major in education.
Minor
You'll complete a minor in education if you want secondary-level teaching licensure (Grades 4 through 12 or all ages). The minor will support a disciplinary major as required and approved by the Department of Public Instruction.
Accelerated Track
In partnership with our master's in applied leadership in teaching and learning, this track gives you the opportunity to earn up to 9 credits of graduate credits at undergraduate tuition cost.
Teacher Licensure
Our students may pursue the licenses listed below, taking into consideration any additional requirements set by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.
- Elementary & Middle School (Grades K-9)
- Middle & High School (Grades 4-12)
- Pre-K through 12
- English & Language Arts
- Social Studies
- Mathematics
- Science
- World Languages (French, German & Spanish)
- Art
- Music
- Theater
- English as Second Language
- Bilingual/Bicultural Education (supplemental license)
Always in the
Classroom
"UW-Green Bay's education program does a really great job at making sure that you're always in the classroom... I've really grown up a lot through UW Green Bay. I feel very prepared to have my own classroom and pursue a teaching job because they've given me the tools that I need to succeed."
Majriela Macedo '20
Education Major
Learn From Other
Cultures
Enhance your education with a global perspective.
From a three-week travel course in Cuernavaca, Mexico to a full semester of student teaching in New Zealand, our education program offers extensive opportunities to study abroad. These experiences do more than expose you to new landscapes—they deeply immerse you in various educational settings and cultural environments.
Become a Better Coach
Our coaching certificate programs, available at both undergraduate and graduate levels, expand your teaching repertoire and enhance your ability to develop athletes academically and athletically.
Ask Amy
With almost 20 years of experience at UW-Green Bay, Amy Bartelme knows the ins and outs of our program. If you're wondering if becoming a teacher is right for you, she can help.