Education Career Path | Butler University

Be a confident professional in a changing world.

Careers in education shape future generations and the communities they serve. At Butler, you’ll prepare to guide, support, and inspire learners while helping expand access to high-quality education that engages students and helps them reach their full potential.

From your first year, you’ll gain hands-on experience in real-world settings. Education majors work directly with students in local schools, while programs like Kinesiology and Youth and Community Development offer experiential learning in clinics, youth programs, research settings, and community organizations across Indianapolis.

Our programs evolve alongside the changing needs of education and community health. You’ll explore inclusive teaching practices, emerging technologies, and innovative STEM-based approaches while building strong problem-solving and leadership skills. Whether pursuing teaching, educational technology, community programming, sport coaching, health and wellness or graduate study in fields like administration, counseling, or health-related professions, Butler prepares you to make a lasting impact.

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Careers in Education

Our graduates find professional success in classrooms, clinics, nonprofits, boardrooms, and beyond. These are just a few examples of the many jobs in education.

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You know how education empowers.

Teachers are the backbone of the education system, setting students up for success from learning their colors to choosing a college. No matter the subject or grade, teachers inspire students to discover their strengths and passions while growing into well-rounded, educated individuals.

You train the mind and the body.

Athletic trainers support professional and student athletes with injury treatment and preventative care. They work alongside coaches, doctors, and students’ families to educate on injury management, rehabilitation methods, and best practices to ensure the long-term wellbeing of their athletes.

You’ll take learning outcomes to another level.

Education researchers help those in the classroom succeed by analyzing curriculum, teaching methods, learning styles, the challenges facing today’s students and families, and more. They are strategic, critical thinkers who work out of a desire to nurture inquisitive minds.

You’re proud to have faith in the next generation.

Youth program coordinators oversee activities that transform young lives. Whether they work in schools, summer camps, places of worship, nonprofits, or other settings for child development, they know that consistently showing up can make all the difference in a young person’s life trajectory.

Real classroom experience, right away.

At Butler, you’ll be immersed in both classrooms and the community. After four years of experiential learning, your research, theory, and practice will give you confidence as you start your career and stand out to employers.

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Build local relationships.

Butler partners with Indianapolis Public Schools, the MSD Pike Township district, the Indianapolis Children’s Museum, Indianapolis Public Schools/Butler Lab schools, and other community connections so that students can experience local educational contexts.

Where passion meets purpose.

“Whether you want to make an impact in a classroom, community, or in sport/wellness settings, the common link within our College of Education is the human-centered focus. Working alongside our amazing faculty in both classroom and field experiences will give students the skills they need to truly impact lives.”

Angela Mager
Senior Lecturer and Assistant Dean, College of Education

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