Professional Education Office
Education-Arts 339
Box #35
phone: 218.755.3734
fax: 218.755.3787
Hours:
M-F 8am-4pm
Clinical Experiences Office
Education-Arts 319
Box #35
phone: 218.755.2930
fax: 218.755.4609
Hours:
M-F 8am-4pm
A teacher is a reflective professional who nurtures the potential of individuals through knowledge of child and adolescent development. The teacher addresses the diversity of student needs in our multicultural society and has the ability to mesh the methodologies, theories, concepts, and principles upon which the art and science of education are built.
Working from a pedagogical and academic knowledge base, the teacher integrates these elements into effective strategies that promote learning. In addition, the teacher is a life-long learner who works with students, colleagues, administrators, other professionals, and parents to evaluate the ongoing educational process. From this collaboration comes meaningful growth.
Note: Beginning Spring semester 2010, students entering the Professional Education program will be required to take all parts of the basic skills test (Pre-Professional Skills Test/Praxis I or MTLE) prior to registration for any Education course. Documentation that the student took the basic skills test must be provided for verification. Acceptable documentation includes score reports, testing center verification, or scores entered in the student information system. Students must have passing scores on the basic skills test to register for student teaching.
Download the Teacher Education Handbook here.
PLEASE NOTE: Five Minnesota universities (Bethel, Bemidji, Duluth, Moorhead and St. Cloud) collaborate to provide a graduate level license preparation program to prepare teachers of Minnesota students who are blind or visually impaired. This program was launched in 2003 and is currently preparing its third cohort of students. We also maintain a list of persons interested in Cohort IV, which probably will begin coursework in spring semester 2011.
The Minnesota Collaborative Preparation Program for Teachers of the Blind or Visually Impaired has a webpage on the Metro ECSU website. This is the link to the BVI teacher preparation webpage: http://www.mnlowincidenceprojects.org/iheresources.html. This page includes basic information about the program.