Be Essential. Be A Teacher
Imagine a profession where you break limitations, shape minds, and innovate inspiration. As a teacher, you become an illuminator of change, a gardener of young minds, and a cultivator of spaces where futures can grow. You’re a superhero in disguise.
Imagine being remembered 50 years later for sparking the wonder that turned youthful curiosities into impactful solutions—solutions that left the world a better place.
Your path begins here.
What's In It For You?
Interaction
Interpersonal interaction every day builds others' potential as a career. Your days are filled with rich, diverse conversations and shared experiences with your students. Your years are marked by tapping into a student's unknown potential and opening new worlds for each student in your care.
Community
Be part of a community. As a teacher you will interact with grade-level colleagues, families, and community volunteers. Eventually, you may become a mentor teachers to a future generation of Tigers who wish to teach!
Retirement
Did we mention fantastic retirement benefits? Louisiana’s system (TRSL) provides guaranteed lifetime income to members and is a reliable source of monthly income for almost 80,000 retirees and beneficiaries.
Time Off
Teachers are typically finished at 4:00 p.m. each day. Time off includes significant holidays and summers, allowing for time with family and pursuing many passions.
Why LSU?
Two Living Learning Laboratory Schools
The College of Human Sciences & Education is home to LSU’s youngest academic community members. The Early Childhood Education Laboratory School (ECELP) and the University Laboratory School (ULS) are innovation hubs for creativity and experimentation, application of new knowledge and research, discoveries, and problem-solving processes. They are places to learn from challenges and mistakes. These schools encourage children to try new ideas, take risks, and continue to grow as learners.
ECELP is a Reggio Emilia-inspired research facility that is aligned with undergraduate and graduate programs in early childhood education. ECELP is NAEYC accredited and educates children as young as six weeks through four-year-olds.
ULS, a K-12 school, opened in 1915. For more than 100 years, the Cub Community has aspired towards total effort in every endeavor for maximum student achievement through developing, implementing, and demonstrating exemplary programs and instructional practices.
Dedicated Teacher Residency Support
Our Office of Professional Experiences collaborates with schools and districts to design comprehensive clinical experiences that prepare future educators for real-world teaching. These experiences are crafted to be deep, diverse, and coherent, ensuring that candidates develop the skills necessary to positively impact students' learning and development.
Through a mix of hands-on and technology-enhanced learning opportunities, candidates engage in structured experiences that include multiple, performance-based assessments. These assessments occur at key stages throughout the program, demonstrating the growth of essential knowledge, skills, and professional dispositions that contribute to the success of all P-12 students.
Let Research Inform Your Practice
Participate in the LSU Discover Undergraduate Research Program
Live Here
CHSE Residential College
Cypress Hall serves as the College of Human Sciences & Education's residential college. Nestled among the trees of the Enchanted Forest and steps from the Greek Amphitheater, Cypress Hall is located near some of LSU's most iconic landmarks.
500,000+
LSU Students and Alumni have access to 500,000+ jobs via LSU's Personal Job Portal.
$15K+
LSU Graduates Earn $15k more Annually compared to the National Average.
250,000+
Global Alumni Network - One of the Largest in the World
Achieve In The Classroom
Get Support and Stay Motivated
Succeed in the classroom using tailored academic resources and support networks offered on-campus and virtually.
beyond the classroom
World. Class. Teach grade school students in Chile? Check. Learn exercise physiology in New Zealand? You've got that right. Tour preschools in Italy? Sign me up!
At LSU, the world is your classroom. Not only can you decide what you want to learn, but where you want to learn it. We've got hundreds of study abroad topics and locations around the globe, so pack your bags and broaden your perspective, all while earning your degree.
CHSE even offers a CHSE LSU Global/Study Abroad Scholarship. Current sophomore, junior, senior, or graduate students enrolled in a program of study in the College of Human Sciences & Education with a 3.0 GPA who will be traveling abroad for academic purposes are eligible for this scholarship.