David O McKay School of Education

Our mission is to improve learning and teaching in the school as well as in the home, church, and community worldwide.

BYU operates one of the largest teacher preparation programs in the nation.

• Total graduates number over 27,000.
• Faculty in the Elementary Education Program and the Educator Preparation Program total approximately 150.
• Each year the McKay School of Education and the Educator Preparation Program graduate around 900 students in elementary and secondary education.

Departments ComD TED IP&T EDLF CPSE

Endorsements Reading TELL Gifted and Talented TESOL

Educator Prep Program Fine Arts Physical and Mathematical Sciences Family, Home, and Social Sciences Life Sciences Undergraduate Education Humanities Engineering and Technology

Student Teaching Local schools National Experiences International placements Full-year internships

A Culture of Renewal 

Educational instruction, research, and activities at the McKay School are based on three goals. These ideals and their supporting principles give shape and substance to the McKay School’s mission:

• To improve learning and teaching in the school as well as in the home, church and community worldwide

The McKay School of Education is engaged in teaching and research that will improve the academic and personal development of BYU and K-12 students throughout Utah, the nation and the world.

• To strengthen children and youth in a changing world; prepare noble educators for the challenges of a changing world

The McKay School of Education uses John Goodlad's Moral Dimensions of Teaching as an integral part of educator development. The moral dimensions are the foundation of our work in the BYU-Public School Partnership and the campus-wide BYU Educator Preparation Program.

• To extend the benefits of our research and creative work to a changing world

The McKay School of Education is actively pursuing research and creative works to build a foundation of better trained educators and better educated citizens throughout the United States and the world.

BYU-Public School Partnership 

The Brigham Young University-Public School Partnership, formed in 1984, is a collaborative effort among three entities: the Mckay School of Education, the BYU colleges responsible for secondary teacher education, and five public school districts--Alpine, Jordan, Nebo, Provo, and Wasatch. Under the direction of a governing board, comprised of the superintendents of the five districts and the dean of the McKay School of Education, a variety of partnership initiatives, programs, and other activities are carried out in the areas of professional development, grants and funding, and research, and publications.

The BYU-Public School Partnership

• has been a  nationally recognized partnership since 1984,
• educates 170,000 students—one-third of Utah’s school-age children,
• represents 7,000 teachers,
• directs more than 40 collaborative projects,
• provids a diverse learning lab for preparing future educators, and
• includes 179 schools.

CITES - Center for the Improvement of Teacher Education and Schooling 

Established in 1996, the Center for the Improvement of Teacher Education and Schooling is the operational unit of the BYU-Public School Partnership (BYU-PSP), facilitating its  goals and objectives for improving teacher education and P-12 schooling.  CITES is located in the David O. McKay School of Education, with three divisions: Professional Development, Education Support, and Education Research.

CITES

• Awarded 686 degrees in 2009, including 330 in elementary education, 232 in secondary education, 62 master's degrees and 9 PhDs,                          
• placed 147 iInterns, and
• filled 467 student teaching positions.

EPP - Educator Preparation Program

The Educator Preparation Program consists of the McKay School of Education and seven other BYU colleges, comprising 26 departments, which collaborate with the BYU-PSP to prepare undergraduate secondary teaching majors or minors.