教育学院为宾州7-12年级的I级教师认证提供准备，内容涵盖四个方面：生物学，英语，数学和社会研究。学生将在其内容领域获得理学学士学位或文学学士学位。宾夕法尼亚州教育部与40多个州签订了互惠协议。教育课程侧重于教学策略，表现和专业精神。通过专业发展机会，校园内外的实地经验提供额外的学习经验。每个中学课程都通过将所需的内容和教育课程与在城市，郊区和乡村教室中的实践经验相结合，为教师候选人准备在特定于学术，包容和多样化的环境中工作。在大学工作人员的安排和监督下，实地体验始于该新生一年级的第一学期。
Outstanding teachers are themselves products of an outstanding education. They come from a program that rewards academic achievement, emphasizes the importance of each student as an individual, and is grounded in a mastery of the theories of learning and teaching. Become a positive force of educational change and impact in your community when you earn your secondary education degree from Gannon University.<br><br>Gain valuable field experience beginning your first year.<br>Approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Education.<br>Learn from faculty who are experienced content area teachers and from adjuncts who are teachers or administrators in secondary schools<br><br>Gain real-world knowledge through key courses including:<br><br>Instructional Design and the Secondary Education Classroom: Create and manage instruction in the learning environment and develop standards-based lessons and instruction. Includes a 60-hour field experience.<br><br>Assessment and Evaluation: Investigate traditional and alternative assessments in the context of classroom instruction, meeting the needs of diverse learners, measurement principles and national, state and local standards. Includes a 60-hour field experience.<br><br>Professional Seminar: Prepare and present your professional portfolio, hone your interviewing skills and complete necessary certification and job applications.