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EKU Becomes First Public University to Offer Option 9 Alternative Route Teacher Certification

Option 9

EKU becomes the first pubic university to offer Option 9 alternative router teacher certification! 

Read about it here!

EKU Tuition Discount for Kentucky Teachers

discounted tuition rate

EKU is offering active Kentucky teachers a discounted tuition rate of $399 per credit hour in appreciation of their dedicated service to youth.

Earn school principal certification through an in-person cohort model at EKU

MAED

EKU is excited to announce the return of in-person, face-to-face cohort instruction for our MAEd – School Leadership degree program. Earn your Master’s in five semesters, meeting for 3 days each semester.

Tuition Discount for Kentucky Teachers at EKU

EKU Tuition Discount for Kentucky Teachers

EKU is offering active Kentucky teachers a discounted tuition rate of $395 per credit hour in appreciation of their dedicated service to youth.

Discount applies to the following for active Kentucky teachers:

Earn an English as a Second Language (ESL) Endorsement at EKU in Summer 2022

Earn an English as a Second Language (ESL) Endorsement in Summer 2022

Eastern Kentucky University is offering an entire English as a Second Language (ESL) endorsement in Summer 2022.  The ESL endorsement is offered 100% online over the course of two six-week terms. Additionally, EKU is reducing the summer tuition rate to $395 per credit hour for practicing teachers and waiving the application fee!

Apply for 2022-23 KY Reading Project Summer Institute

Apply for 2022-23 KY Reading Project Summer Institute

Kentucky Reading Project is taking applications from P-5 teachers for the 2021-22 Summer Institute. The Kentucky Reading Project is a year-long professional development opportunity that begins with two weeks of intensive workshops based on the needs of participants. This year's workshop will be June 13-17 and 20-24, 2022.

Earn a Gifted Education Teaching Endorsement at EKU

Earn a Gifted Education Teaching Endorsement at EKU

Earn a Gifted Education Teaching Endorsement at EKU - 100% Online

Offered in Fall Semester

  • EMS 855 Gifted and Talented Youth
  • EMS 856 Curriculum in Gifted/Talented Education

Offered in Spring Semester

Triple Colonel Jana Mayer Inspired to Teach by her 2nd Grade Teacher

Jana Mayer EKU Alumna and Model Laboratory School Teacher

Jana Mayer was inspired to be a teacher by Mrs. Helen Maines, her 2nd grade teacher at Mason County Elementary School in Maysville, Kentucky.

Peniston Loves Teaching after COVID-Crazy First Year

Rebecca Peniston EKU Alumna and First Year Teacher

Rebecca Peniston is a first-year teacher at Paint Lick Elementary School in Garrard County where she teaches fourth and fifth grade science and writing. She still loves teaching, even after a crazy first year because of COVID-19.

After 28 Years, Renee Brooks Still Loves Teaching

EKU College of Education Alumna Renee Brooks

Renee Brooks is still excited about her profession after 28 rewarding years in the classroom! She began her career as a pre-school teacher and for the past 16 years, she has been a Reading Recovery teacher.  She first taught at Daniel Boone Elementary in Madison County before marrying her husband Roger and moving to Knox County. She has worked at Jesse D.

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