If you want to become an English teacher, we are the place you want to be!

With a network of thousands of employed alumni teaching in schools across America and the World, a great community of future and current teachers who take undergraduate and graduate classes, and a nationally-prominent faculty committed to teaching the best, most productive, and most relevant courses available, the Western Michigan University English education program is truly a 'point of pride' for the university and the West Michigan teaching community.

We have strong ties with the school of education and graduate and undergraduate students in our program can expect to receive a strong background in both content knowledge and educational theory. 

Our faculty are nationally-recognized in their fields and committed to teaching. Course work is designed to build upon core concepts of teaching writing, literature, and literacy. 

Our program is also widely recognized for our use of technology. We currently teach the majority of our classes in the new wireless "English Education Lab" in Brown Hall. 

We are also home to the National Writing Project site "Third Coast Writing Project" and numerous school-community outreach programs that offer our students many opportunities to practice their developing craft in practical settings.