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Teachers and Counselors

Through partnership opportunities, summer programs, visit options and application workshops, we’re thrilled to bring St. John’s to you and your students. Virtual opportunities to connect are available for your students, and we’d also love to talk with you individually about the college!

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Resources & Quick Facts

Use our fact sheet and social media images to share our unique Great Books program with your students and team members.

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Counselor Campus Visit

Visiting campus is the best way to get to know us first-hand and be fully informed to advise your students about the St. John’s College student life and academic experience. To arrange a teacher or counselor campus visit and/or meet with an Admissions representative, please call the Admissions Office at the campus location that best meets the interests of your students. We are more than happy to show you and share with you what makes St. John’s College so special. Admissions at the Annapolis, MD Campus: 410-626-2522 Admissions at the Santa Fe, NM Campus: 505-984-6060

Opportunities for Your Students

Explore Our Campuses

Do your students prefer to walk cobblestone streets and sail in the ocean, or do they prefer southwestern artwork and hiking in the mountains? Students apply to one campus but have the opportunity to transfer between campuses.

Watch The St. John's Journey: Annapolis Watch The St. John's Journey: Santa Fe
Meet with Us

Join us via video to meet one-on-one with your school's admissions counselor! This is a great place to ask questions, and we encourage individual students to meet with us as well. Please feel free to reach out to counselors directly to request a virtual visit to your school!

Meet the Admissions Staff
Summer Programs for High School Students

Your students can take a bite out of college life and join us in the summer for our academic summer programs! Classes are conducted in the St. John's seminar style led by current faculty and students, and offer an opportunity to really explore big questions through discussion.

Learn About Summer Academy
SJC On the Road

While most of our recruitment is being done virtually, you can see which events we will be attending.

See our travel schedule
 
Application Assistance

We have been test-optional for admissions and merit scholarships for more than 40 years. We are on the Common App, Coalition App, and have our own application. Our unique book essay is considered the most important factor of the application.

Opportunities for You

St. John’s Graduate Institute offers busy teachers a way to continue their own education. Educators can complete courses year-round by taking evening classes, spending time on campus in the summer, or completing their entire degree online through our new low residency program. Educators can even combine the best of our in-person and online options by taking classes in person during the summer and then finishing their degree online during the fall and spring terms. In addition to the Master of Arts in the Liberal Arts and the Master of Arts in Eastern Classics, we also offer the Liberal Arts Education Certificate, which was specifically designed for educators looking for additional experience with seminar-style pedagogy. Our Summer Classics and Teacher’s Institute are other options, with week-long intensive opportunities to focus on a text, led by St. John’s faculty.

Master’s Degree from the Graduate Institute

For teachers interested in a Master of Arts in the Liberal Arts (MALA), you can complete a degree over four summers. Full and half-tuition scholarships are available for teachers.

Learn more about MALA
Liberal Arts Education Certificate

The Liberal Arts Education Certificate is designed for teachers to hone their craft over two summers.

Learn more about the Certificate Program
Summer Classics in Santa Fe

Spend a week in beautiful Santa Fe reading and discussing great books with other teachers during the summer. Live on campus, explore the arts scene, go hiking, and read great books. There are generous discounts available for teachers and counselors.

Visit Santa Fe for Summer Classics
The Teachers Institute

The Teachers Institute provides a place for educators to reinvigorate themselves and return to their classrooms refreshed. Every year, our Teachers Institute provides opportunities for educators to read great books, experience the collaborative discussion-based learning at St. John’s, and exchange ideas with a network of educators who value the life of the mind.

Participate in the Teachers Institute
Financial Aid for Educators

St. John’s provides generous scholarships (including full- and half-tuition scholarships) for teachers interested in the Graduate Institute.

Apply for Financial Aid
Great Books Curriculum

The list of Great Books at St. John’s include classic works in philosophy, literature, political science, psychology, history, religion, economics, math, chemistry, physics, biology, astronomy, music, language, and more.

Virtual Visits

We’re virtually traveling extensively this fall, and we’d love to meet with you to learn more about your school and students. We also meet one on one with students to help answer questions about SJC and the college process.

Book Highlighting Concept SJC 2019
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Interested in your high school partnering with St. John’s at both the undergraduate and graduate level? Contact us about book awards, the Southwest Scholars program, teacher trainings, and more.