You can make a positive difference in the life of a young person, a family, a school, or a community. Your efforts and commitments will inspire young people to greatness. You will cultivate creative and critical thinking. You will empower children and their families and communities with knowledge, dignity, and hope. You will be a leader. You will shape the lives of future leaders. You will be a teacher.

Mars Hill College’s Teacher Education Program understands the growing need for well-qualified teachers in our public schools. American schools are defined by human diversity, widening achievement gaps, and socio-economic shifts. Today more than ever, our public schools need teachers who can cultivate the mind, the self, and the community. We need teachers who will empower the teaching profession. Within the next few years, our nation will need thousands of new teachers prepared to make a difference in the life of a child. Do you have the courage to teach?

Our Teacher Education Program offers teaching licensure in Elementary Education, Middle Grades, Special Education, English as a Second Language, Art, Music, Physical Education, Spanish, English, Mathematics, Science and Social Studies. By becoming a teacher, you have the unique opportunity to connect with students of all backgrounds and to be a leader in your community. What could be more rewarding than that?

In the Mars Hill College Teacher Education Program you will find a faculty committed to cultivating your personal and professional knowledge. We believe in empowering our candidates with respect, dignity, creativity, and integrity. We invite you to become part of the most rewarding profession – teaching. So, what are you waiting for?

Mars Hill offers the following teacher education programs leading to North Carolina licensure.

Elementary Education (K-6): Teresa Stern
Middle Grades Education (6-9): Jim Brown
English (9-12) : Carol Boggess
Mathematics (9-12): Jennifer Rhinehart
Science (9-12):  JoAnn Croom
Social Studies (9-12): Phyllis Smith
Art (K-12): Barbara Cary
Music (K-12): Mike Robinson
Special Education (K-12): Chris Cain
English as a Second Language (K-12): Tom Destino
Physical Education (K-12): Joy Clifton
Spanish (K-12): Greg Clemons

Add-on Licensure Programs (K-12):

•   Academically/Intellectually Gifted
•   English as a Second Language
•   Reading Specialist
•   Special Education

The programs in teacher education at Mars Hill are approved by the North Carolina State Department of Public Instruction and the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education, making possible licensure reciprocity with 44 other states including the District of Columbia and Guam.

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