Department of Education and Teacher Preparation

The mission of the Department of Education and Teacher Preparation is to offer planned programs at the undergraduate level leading to initial teacher certification. Planned programs are in place as follows:

• Secondary Level (grades 7–12): biology; business; chemistry; general science; English; history/social studies; mathematics; Spanish
• Middle Level (grades 4–8): English; general science; history/social studies; mathematics
• Grades Pre-K-12: art

Upon completing a program of study in the Department of Education and Teacher Preparation, students will:

• Demonstrate their subject-specific content knowledge and general and subject-specific teaching skills.
• Demonstrate their readiness to assume responsibilities as classroom teachers in their chosen subject areas.
• Demonstrate dispositions expected of those entering the teaching profession.
• Demonstrate growth in understanding of national and state standards, and of the application of their program of studies to effective teaching practices.
• Demonstrate their progression towards meeting the Connecticut Common Core of Teaching Standards and the national program standards of their discipline, thus providing evidence of their readiness to assume responsibilities as classroom teachers.

Major
Undergraduate Initial Teacher Certification Program

Minor
Education (Traditional Undergraduate Program)