Using Your EDS Degree
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Education Studies majors at ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ come from a variety of places across the country
and world. The department has 100% four year graduation rate and the majors follow
a variety of paths after graduation. Graduates may enroll in graduate school, enter
the teaching profession, or seek other professional opportunities.
In a survey of graduates from the 2014, 2015, and 2016 cohorts (57% response rate),
90% of respondents were employed with 61% working in grades 1-6 and 28% working in
the field ofeducation outside of grades 1-6. 50% of respondents were either enrolled
in or had completed a Master’s degree program. The student loan default rate for ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ College graduates is 1.4%.
The graduate survey also included a series of questions regarding candidates’ use
of strategies, and candidates were asked to rate the degree to which their learning
at ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ impacted the use of different types of strategies. Completers were also
given the opportunity to add additional comments about their strategy use and their
preparation at ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ. For example, results of this survey indicated that 100 %
of the completers who teach mathematics are using strategies learned at ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ to
do so. In addition, 100 % of the completers who teach students from diverse and racial
backgrounds report using strategies learned at ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ. The comments provided by
completers indicate appreciation for the various ways in which completers recognize
the effectiveness of their preparation. Below are some examples of completer comments:
“³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ definitely prepared me for all the aspects of my teaching career so far.â€
“For me the most predominate skill I learned at ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ is classroom management. I find I’m much more in command of my classes than most of the teachers I work alongside.â€
“I learned a lot of skills for approaching effective lesson planning and reaching a variety of learners.â€
“A huge thing that I learned while at ³Ô¹Ï±¬ÁÏ was professionalism. We were taught how and expected to be professional in our junior block and student teaching placements and that has had a lasting impact on me now.â€