For decades, UIS has produced Illinois' strong and successful leaders in Education. Choose your path and become a professional educator, complete a certificate, add an endorsement, or obtain a Masters degree to lead you to the next step in your career.

The School of Education has long adapted academic offerings to busy teachers and administrators who wish to further their education. Faculty members know what it is like to work full-time and participate in cohorts and internships themselves. Most importantly, however, faculty have practical experience, having served as building principals, district superintendents, and K-12 classroom teachers.

Academic Programs

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English as a Second Language and Bilingual Education

Advance your teaching career with an online ESL and Bilingual Education program. The University of Illinois Springfield prepares educators to support multilingual learners through research-based strategies in language acquisition and differentiated instruction.

Earn your endorsement in just six fully online courses—available to undergraduate, graduate, and non-degree-seeking students and compatible with any Professional Educator License (PEL). Strengthen your qualifications and open new career pathways.

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News

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Nov 24, 2021
New bill pushes for fewer tests to become a teacher
Illinois lawmakers are pushing once again for fewer tests to become a teacher. Rep. Sue Scherer, D-Decatur, filed a new bill aimed at increasing the number…
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Nov 11, 2021
Literacy at the laundromat
Family Pride Laundry in Springfield has a new spin for its customers: a children's library. The idea of turning a corner of the laundromat into a place…
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Oct 27, 2021
UIS Education Honor Society inducts 11 new members
The Alpha Alpha Gamma chapter of Kappa Delta Pi, the International Honor Society in Education, at the University of Illinois Springfield inducted 11 new…
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Jan 16, 2020
UIS professor honored with a national dissertation award from the Association of Teacher Educators
Meghan Kessler, assistant professor of teacher education at the University of Illinois Springfield, has been honored with the 2020 award for Distinguished…
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