Teacher Preparation Programs

God’s Bible School & College offers a range of programs to train future teachers.

We have programs in two broad areas.

• Classroom Education
• Music Education

Overview

GBSC has earned national accreditation by demonstrating excellence in the areas of content and pedagogy, clinical partnerships and practice, candidate recruitment, progression, and support, program impact, and quality assurance and continuous improvement from the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation.

CAEP accreditation indicates we successfully prepare new teachers to effectively know their subject area, serve diverse groups of students, have meaningful preservice experiences, and that we use data to drive targeted program improvement. To be publicly accountable for the quality of our programs, we annually publish data on four measures: completers’ effectiveness, employer satisfaction, candidate competency, and completers’ hireability.

GBSC’s education programs are also eligible for certification through the Association of Christian Schools International. With ACSI certification, educators may teach in many Christian schools across the United States.

Eligible for Ohio Licensure and ACSI Certification

Classroom Education

• BA in Teacher Education–Elementary Education
• BA in Teacher Education–Adolescent and Young Adult Integrated Language Arts Education

Music Education

• BA in Music Education–Choral/General Music
• BA in Music Education–Instrumental

Eligible Only for ACSI Certification

• AAS in Elementary Education
• BA in Elementary Education and Music Education
• BA in Music Education–Performance and Non-performance

Ohio has an Interstate Agreement with some states.

This allows a person holding standard Ohio licenses and who has completed an approved teacher education program to obtain a teaching license in the state to which they are applying.

Minor additional coursework may be required for full licensure in some states.

In addition, applicants must meet any testing requirements of the state to which they apply for licensure.

The following is a list of states that accept Ohio teacher education licenses. You can also see a map with more details.

• Alabama
• Alaska
• Arizona
• Arkansas
• California
• Colorado
• Connecticut
• Delaware
• District of Columbia
• Florida
• Georgia
• Hawaii
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Louisiana
• Maryland
• Massachusetts
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Mississippi
• Missouri
• Montana
• Nevada
• New Hampshire
• New Jersey
• New Mexico
• New York
• North Carolina
• North Dakota
• Oklahoma
• Oregon
• Pennsylvania
• Rhode Island
• South Carolina
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Utah
• Vermont
• Virginia
• Washington
• West Virginia
• Wisconsin
• Wyoming