Advanced Educator Preparation
KEY COMPONENTS OF THE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
FOR ADVANCED EDUCATOR PREPARATION
“Leadership and Scholarship Focused on Learning and Development”
Our Mission
The COE Mission is to provide leadership and scholarship for the betterment of education and human development (Strategic Plan 2002-2007)
Our Purpose
The PEF is committed to planning, implementing, and assessing programs that prepare educational professionals focused on pupil learning and development.
Assumptions Guiding Our Programs
1. learning and teaching must continually adapt to changes in society and the expanding
knowledge base;
2. learning is an active process;
3. quality teaching takes into account individual differences, learning styles, and
backgrounds;
4. learning environments are based on the mutual respect of all participants;
5. a variety of teaching strategies and assessments are used to meet the needs of
individual learners;
6. an integrated knowledge base consisting of content, skills, attitudes, technologies, and
theories is developed and demonstrated in field-based applications. (See attached for
further explanation of assumptions)
Candidate Outcomes…
These programs prepare competent individuals who
1. are committed to pupils and their learning,
2. know the subjects they teach and how to teach them, using varied instructional strategies and tools, including technology,
3. are responsible for managing and monitoring pupil learning,
4. engage in scholarship and create new knowledge about teaching and learning and
5. are members of learning communities 2.
These educators work collaboratively and exhibit high standards of professionalism3 .
1 Programs at post baccalaureate levels for (1) the continuing education of teachers who have previously completed initial preparation or (2) the preparation of other professional school personnel. Advanced preparation commonly awards graduate credit and include master’s, specialist, and doctoral degree programs as well as non-degree licensure programs offered at the graduate level.
2 Adapted from National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. (1994). What teachers should know and be able to do. Detroit, MI: Author.
3 Standards of professionalism are defined by faculty in various programs to incorporate standards of the respective professional organizations.