We are excited to share our elementary Post-Bachelor (PB) teacher certification program. The Early & Elementary Education program will offer two certification bands: Pk-3 and/or 3-6 as well as the option to add endorsements.

Learn more about Early and Elementary Education (Post Bachelor)

Take your teaching skills to the next level with a master’s in health and physical education from Wayne State University. In this flexible program, you’ll choose from four concentrations according to your needs as an educator:

• Continuing Education
• Continuing Education seeking K-12 Health and Physical Education Teaching Certification
• Initial K-12 Health and Physical Education Teacher Certification
• Adapted Physical Education Curriculum

Learn more about Health Physical Education Teaching for continuing education (M.S.)

This program offers teacher certification to holders of baccalaureate degrees with suitable teaching majors and minors, who choose not to pursue the master’s degree. The program integrates classroom theory and practice and is available at both the elementary and secondary levels. 

Upon admission to the Post Bachelor Certification Program, students take the professional sequence classes in post‐bachelor (undergraduate) status. The Post Bachelor program may be completed as a full‐time or part‐time student. Credit in this program is undergraduate credit and can never be applied toward a graduate degree. This program does not offer a second bachelor’s degree. 

Learn more about Teaching and Curriculum (Post-Bachelor)

Become an expert educator for Detroit school children and their families.

• Earn your elementary teaching certificate in 12 months in our teacher residency program.
• Take university classes in Detroit schools so you can learn from masterful mentor teachers and by working with children in real classrooms—putting into practice the best that is known about teaching in urban settings.
• Study with outstanding course instructors who teach by your side in Detroit elementary schools.
• Learn alongside a cohort of teaching colleagues who are as excited as you are to become an effective urban educator.
• Work with Detroit families as partners in education.
• Explore opportunities for specializations in inclusive education, urban education, and mathematics education.
• Earn your education degree from one of the best urban universities in the country.

Learn more about TeachDETROIT: Teaching for elementary education (M.A.)