Middle School English/Language Arts Education
BACHELOR’S IN
ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS
EDUCATION (GRADES 5 – 9)
BACHELOR’S IN
ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS
EDUCATION (GRADES 5 – 9)
ENGLISH/LANGUAGE ARTS
EDUCATION (GRADES 5 – 9)
Young Minds.
Molding Young Minds.
Graduates of Maryville’s Middle School Education degree in English help students build on the fundamentals learned in elementary school and prepare them for the academic challenges of high school.
A bachelor’s degree in middle school education focuses on becoming a Language Arts/English teacher for grades 5-9 and prepares students to understand the special joys and challenges of working with young adolescents. Students wishing to teach English/Language Arts at the middle school level earn a double major in English.
MIDDLE SCHOOL EDUCATION LANGUAGE ARTS/ENGLISH TEACHING DEGREE
WHY MARYVILLE
PROJECT-BASED LEARNING
During their sophomore year, Maryville requires students to spend time in a classroom each semester, where they spend eight hours each week completing their practicum experience.
Deisy Avellaneda completed her practicum hours at a local elementary school where she guided reading groups and taught small group lessons.
PROFESSIONAL
PARTNERSHIPS
Maryville’s Middle School Level Education program places its students in multiple school settings, providing a wealth of experiences in a diverse group of schools. Schools selected for placements are models of best practices, have a wide diversity of students, and have a long history of partnering with us including:
• Parkway School District
• Ritenour School District
• Lindbergh School District
• Hazelwood School District
• Kirkwood School District
FEATURED
FACULTY
Steve Coxon, associate professor of education, directs the Center for Access and Achievement (CA2) which opened in 2017.
CA2 runs programs that give students in underfunded districts in St. Louis County the boost they need to thrive, including App Dev Camp with Riverview Gardens, STEM Sprouts with Ritenour preschoolers, Young Scholars with Ferguson-Florissant and more.
PROGRAM DETAILS
THE BIG PICTURE
There are over 600,000 middle school teachers in the workforce now and the Bureau of Labor Statistics expects the number of middle school teachers to increase another 47,000 within the next decade.
SALARY
TOP 10%
$91,670
MEDIAN
$57,720
JOB GROWTH
8%
ESTIMATED
through 2026
47,300 NEW JOBS THROUGH 2026
LARGEST EMPLOYERS
in this field:
*Data on this page provided by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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