Partnerships for Teacher Education
Partnerships for Teacher Education
Our innovative teacher education programs are made possible by our extensive network of partner schools and community agencies.
Our graduate and undergraduate faculty collaborate with over 70 schools, cultural institutions and community agencies to support student learning. Rather than isolating teacher preparation in university classrooms, our programs position teaching and learning in the places where children and families are served. Our students work alongside expert teachers in urban classrooms in high-need, high-performing schools and community organizations.
We also support partnership initiatives designed to address the needs of children and families across the Chicago area. These initiatives bring School of Education faculty, staff, students together with educators to address local needs.
Explore facets of these partnerships.
Visit the sections below to learn more about our partnerships, including examples of how we aim for mutuality with institutions that support the learning of our undergraduate and graduate students.
Research Experience
Summer Research Internships for Teacher Candidates
Ten students will be selected to work alongside a Loyola faculty lab for a paid summer internship that focuses on biodiversity in an urban setting. The loss of biodiversity is one of the biggest challenges of our time and thus biodiversity science is one of the fastest growing and most integrative fields in all of science and incorporates questions and methodologies from a range of disciplines including biology, chemistry, geology, computer science, math, and statistics.
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Elementary School Partners
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High School partners
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Museum Partners
Educator Resource Toolbox
Educators who partner with us to support our programs gain access to this website, which contains a variety of practical social-justice-themed (and other) resources that span many grade levels, ages and content areas. You will also have access to professional development webinars led by School of Education faculty, which you can view to earn CPDUs. If you are a community partner and would like access to this site, please email TLLSC@luc.edu.
Early Pride Matters
- support young children’s gender identity development
- better understand the uniqueness, assets and needs of LGBTQ+ led families
- incorporate LGBTQ+ inclusive concepts and vocabulary into birth-to-five teaching
- develop inclusive activity plans that address key birth-to-five early learning standard
- effectively incorporate LGBTQ+ inclusive children’s books
- gain insights into LGBTQ+ issues—and put that knowledge into action to support LGBTQ+ educators, parents and caregivers
Career Fair
For over 10 years, we have hosted the School of Education Community Career Fair, which brings interested administrators from partner schools and districts across the Chicago area to our Lake Shore Campus each spring. All graduating undergraduate and graduate students are included in the fair, where partners conduct private screening interviews to identify exceptional candidates for open fall teaching positions. Participating administrators receive resumes for all of our graduating students. For further information about the Career Fair (or to be included in the invitation), please contact TLLSC@luc.edu.
Induction Resources
Do you have open teaching positions in your school or district? The sooner we know, the better – we have a near-100% employment rate for each year’s graduates. In addition to our School of Education Career Fair, we use the Handshake platform to connect students and alumni with jobs. Employers can create a free Handshake Employer Account to post open positions, share and register for events, join our career fairs, and set up on-campus interviews.
Would you like to hold a meeting or conference in the School of Education? We can assist Education partners in finding campus spaces for your event. Contact TLLSC@luc.edu if you have these needs.
Do you have specific professional development needs for your staff? Contact our program at TLLSC@luc.edu with the following information:
- What is the topic or area in which you are interested?
- Who is the intended audience? What professions and ages/grades do they represent?
- When are you seeking this professional development? In what form (in-person, online)? What is the anticipated duration?
- Are speaker fees allocated for this professional development?
We will do our best to connect you with a faculty expert in your area of interest.
