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Reasons to Attend the John H. Lounsbury College of Education at GCSU for Undergraduate Degrees

-91% of our graduates who began teaching in Georgia public schools between 1998 and 2003 were still teaching in the Fall of 2006.  Nationwide that number is around 50%.

-100% of our cohort students passed the Georgia assessments for the Certification of Education (GACE) in 2007.

-100% of our students have teaching placements or graduate school/mission work for the last five years.

-Cohort students meet the standards of their specialty organizations, in NMSA (National Middle School Association) and CEC (Council for Exceptional Children).

-All students are actively engaged in professional activities though membership in professional organizations.  Many serve as officers in local, state, and national student professional organizations.

-Pre-education and cohort students have contributed 3456 hours of service learning in 2006-2007.

-70% of undergraduate cohort students present at state and national conferences, and/or participate in grant writing, research projects, or major community/school service initiative.

-All students graduate with an experiential transcript that documents their leadership and service learning beyond the classroom.

-All students must demonstrate their ability to be effective change agents through their e-portfolios.

-All students must successfully defend their capstone e-portfolio in presentations to an exit panel of faculty, administrators, and/or teachers.


Field Placement in Diverse Settings
All cohort students are placed in a variety of settings in the four counties identified in the chart below. Placements in high minority settings are the norm, although there are differences in rural, small city and suburban settings as well as the socio-economic and socio-cultural characteristics of various schools.
COUNTY African American Students Hispanic Students Total Enrollment
BALDWIN 64% 1% 5602
HANCOCK 98% - 1468
JONES 38% 1% 5123
PUTNAM 46% 7% 2661

GCSU also has a student teaching agreement with the Department of Defense Agency for student teaching opportunities.

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