Future Educator Academy brings prospective teachers to campus

Watch media coverage of last week’s Future Educator Academy here and here.

Nearly 20 high school juniors and seniors interested in careers in education (including teaching, social work, administration, guidance counseling) attended this year’s Future Educator Academy on campus from July 13 to 19.

A weeklong residential college experience created to address teacher shortages, the Academy immersed the students in life at Millersville. They stayed in residence halls, ate in the dining hall, spent time attending classes, learned how to prepare for college and co-taught in a summer reading camp or Lancaster City School District’s Horizons summer program.

Students came from Hempfield, Penn Manor, McCaskey, York County School of Technology, Camp Hill, Solanco, Downingtown East, Palmyra, Conestoga, Central Bucks South and Odyssey Charter School.

Millersville students served as mentors to the high schoolers, spending evenings with them engaged in fun activities, teaching them from Stephen Covey’s “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens” and accompanying them on field trips.

The Future Educator Academy is the third phase of Millersville’s Future Educator Pathway program. The first phase is the Color of Teaching Mentoring Program that pairs area 7^th through 12^th graders with Millersville University student mentors. Phase two is Side by Side, which takes college students into area schools to encourage students to think about careers in education or social work. And the fourth phase is Dual Enrollment, during which local high school students attend Millersville classes and earn up to 12 college credits before graduating from high school.