TEACHING DEGREE
English Language Arts
English Language Arts Teaching majors cultivate a passion for literature, storytelling, and the English language for the next generation.
Tomorrow's teachers are getting prepared right here.
Inspiring the next generation with the love of literature.
Share your passion for literature and writing with bright, curious students as a professional educator. Serve these young learners as a mentor, collaborator, and partner as they gain the knowledge and skills necessary to live a rich, fulfilling life.
Students who major in English Language Arts Teaching learn how to engage middle school and high school students with a passionate love of literature, storytelling and the English language. From your first observation experiences in school classrooms to your professional semester of student teaching, we prepare our majors to design and implement engaging instructional methods and creative learning activities.
As an English Language Arts Teaching major, you will learn from faculty in both the English program and the Department of Teacher Education, practice experiential learning, develop a deep understanding of instructional methods and key assessment strategies, and have hands-on experience in local school classrooms every single semester.
With 100% job placement for our graduates, students who complete this degree solidify their calling and move into their first teaching positions with confidence and professionalism.
Shape the Future, one classroom at a time.
EXPLORE LANGUAGE ARTS EDUCATION
The language arts teaching curriculum includes a 33-hour core of courses in both English and speech, qualifying the student to teach English and speech courses. To complete the major, students will pursue a 16-hour “English option,” which provides an emphasis on traditional English studies, including literature.
Classes
- Methods of Teaching English
- American Cross-Cultural Authors
- Young Adult Literature
- Creative Writing: Fiction
View courses required for the language arts teaching major
Scholarships
Indiana State Grants that help fund your education as a teacher:
Careers
Designed to prepare graduates to teach grades 6-12 teaching language arts, literature, creative writing, or related fields. They may also continue their studies by pursuing graduate study to teach future educators.
Programs
The major requires coursework through the Department of English and coursework in partnership with the Department of Teacher Education.
Lifetime Professional Educator
In addition to coursework in literature and writing, English Language Arts Teaching majors study educational psychology, teaching in a diverse society, classroom technology, educational assessment, and classroom management. You will have two faculty advisors to guide your preparation and offer valuable mentoring. And you will collaborate extensively with your peers in the program. You are also invited to participate in many co-curricular activities designed to complement your coursework:
- Smart Moves for English Majors professional development events
- College Mentors for Kids
- Tutoring in the Kissinger Academic Center for Excellence
- Social events such as attending plays or visiting writer lectures
- Departmental Donut Days
- Membership in Sigma Tau Delta, International English Honors Society
- Creative Writing Contests
- Contributing to the Literary Arts Magazine
- Attending professional conferences
Explore TEACH Grants
Anderson University participates in the Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant program. A TEACH grant is a non-need-based grant provided to students who intend to teach, in order to help pay for their postsecondary education.
As a condition for receiving a TEACH grant, a student must agree to teach full-time for at least four years as a highly qualified teacher in a high-need field, in a school or educational service agency (ESA) serving low-income students, within eight years of completing or otherwise ceasing to be enrolled in the program of study for which the student received the grant.
If the student does not meet the TEACH grant service obligation terms, all TEACH grant funds received will be converted to a direct unsubsidized loan that must be repaid in full, with interest charged from the date of each TEACH grant disbursement.
At Anderson University, TEACH grants are offered to undergraduates who meet the 3.25 GPA requirement and have been admitted into the teacher preparation program (TPP). The Department of Teacher Education director approves the TEACH grant for each year a student applies.
“The Anderson University English department is one of the best on campus who provide life-changing guidance and support as well as the skills, knowledge, and experience that I needed to succeed in my career and in my daily life. The English department molded me into the person, and the educator, that I am today.”
Rachel Woodlock
English Language Arts Teaching major
Meet our teacher education faculty during your campus visit.
_ Department of Teacher Education and English
Dr. Rebekah Baker
Associate Professor of Education
Brandon Bruning
Visiting Professor of Composition
Peter Elliott
Associate Professor of English
Dr. Anna Epperly
Department Chair of Teacher Education
Amanda Hosier
Assistant Professor of Education and Director of Field Experiences
Thomas Kneeland
Asst. Prof. of English
Deborah Miller-Fox
Dean of the College of Humanities, Education, and Social & Behavioral Science
Dr. Jason Robert Parks
Director of the English Program
Courtney Porter
Administrative Lead
Dr. Katy Sample
Associate Professor of Education
Dr. Jeffrey Trotter
Professor of Education
The Anderson You
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