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College
of Education, Michigan State University has developed a teacher
preparation program that addresses teaching for higher
levels of understanding and provides teacher candidates with
opportunities to gain the critical knowledge and skills needed
to teach all children effectively, especially those who come
to school less well prepared than others for what the school
traditionally offers.
See
list of programs offered by the Teacher Education Department:
Elementary
Education:
KEY ELEMENTS OF THE PROGRAM
- Combination
of a baccalaureate degree, strong teaching major and/or
minor concentrations and teaching certification courses
followed by a full-year teaching internship in a public
school.
- Undergraduate
field experiences that build connections between the theoretical
principles of the craft of teaching and the practical situations
that teachers face.
- Dual
concerns for diversity and equity interwoven throughout
the required teacher education courses.
- Support
for learning to use technology in teaching.
- Time
spent working with special needs students in regular classrooms.
- Full-year
internship with continued instruction and mentoring from
MSU faculty.
- Graduate-level
professional study during the internship which may be applied
to a master's degree program.
- Preparation
to fulfill the standards and related proficiencies for entry-level
Michigan teachers as established by the Michigan Department
of Education.
- Instruction
from nationally renowned faculty and classroom experiences
with outstanding K-12 teachers.
- Elementary
Education #1 - best in the nation for the seventh consecutive
year.
Secondary
Education:
KEY
ELEMENTS OF THE PROGRAM
- Thorough
knowledge of the subjects they will teach,
- Understanding
of social and cultural contexts in which students live and
learn,
- Practical
skills needed to manage the complexities of teaching for
understanding,
- Knowledge
of the specific methods, analyses, and examples that will
promote pupil understanding,
- Commitment
to high standards of professional conduct,
- Understanding
of the changing relationships among schools, the communities
they serve, and the world of work.
- Ability
to use information technology to enhance learning and to
enhance personal and professional productivity.
- Secondary
Education #1 - best in the nation for the seventh consecutive
year.
Post
Bachelor Certification
KEY ELEMENTS OF THE PROGRAM
Teacher
Education department provides an integrated baccalaureate/post-baccalaureate
internship program. The program combines a baccalaureate
degree in a disciplinary major or minor concentrations
with teacher certification courses followed by a year-long
internship in the school. The certification program helps
students build connections between theoretical principles
and practical situations that teachers confront daily.
Through the internship, teacher candidates benefit from
continued instruction and mentoring from university and
school faculty as they refine their skills, build more
elaborate understandings of teaching while in the classroom,
and participate in several school-wide and community initiatives.
In addition, students in the internship year combine teaching
with graduate-level professional study which may apply
to a master's degree program.
Special
Education (CEPSE)
The
unique Bachelor of Arts/endorsement program in special education
is designed to prepare students to be effective general
and special educators. It places a high priority on helping
students build connections between theory and practice in
the mainstream classroom teaching situation, as well as
the more traditional "self-contained" type of special education
classroom. The internship experience, in particular, is
designed to be an occasion where special education teacher
candidates can benefit from continued instruction an mentoring
from university and school faculty while working to refine
and hone skills developed earlier in the program.
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