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Teacher Education


Kaskaskia College's Teacher Education program prepares you for transfer as a junior to a four-year college or university where you can earn the bachelor's degree and licensure you need to become a teacher. We can offer courses for many different grade levels and teaching areas.

The Kaskaskia College teacher education program allows students to focus on the Pre-K-12 licensure and degree requirements in all areas, including PreK, Elementary Education, Special Education, Agricultural Education, Physical Education, Art, and Music for Middle and High School pathways.

Program Details

Discipline Student Learning Outcomes

  • Identify the central philosophical concepts, methods of inquiry, and the political, social, and organizational structures of the discipline of teaching. 
  • Compare and contrast how individual student develop and differ in their intellectual, personal, social, and cultural approaches to learning. 
  • Describe instructional planning and design based upon clear understanding of pedagogical knowledge, professional standards, and expected curriculum goals. 
  • Examine the differences between internal and external motivation of students, recognized the necessary attributes of positive school culture.

Courses in this discipline align with the college’s General Education Student Learning Outcomes.

Teacher Education Faculty

Erin Landers

Erin Landers

Assistant Professor Teacher Education
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