The School of Education seeks to transform lives in a learning community centered on excellence and service in education, providing a distinctive context for the professional preparation of teachers. The special education major with initial teacher certification in mild-moderate/cross-categorical disabilities for grades K through 12 prepares students to become caring educational leaders engaged in innovative teaching, collaboration, and reflective practice. Through significant intellectual study and a variety of field and service-learning experiences, students acquire the knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to instruct diverse learners in a 21st-century classroom.

As Missouri is an add-on certification state, further preparation in special education content and pedagogy would better prepare students to pass the Mild/Moderate Cross-Categorical K - 12 content exam to acquire this additional area of certification. Certified special education teachers are a high-needs area in our state, making this additional certificate a very desirable qualification.

The School of Education at Rockhurst University fosters inquiry, intellectual creativity and evidence-based decision-making to equip students to face the challenges of our global society. Learn more about our state and national accreditation. The School of Education is housed in the College of Arts and Sciences.

Rockhurst also offers degrees in Secondary Education, Elementary Education, and a Minor in Educational Studies.