Table of Contents - Hartwick College
Table of Contents - Hartwick College
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Education<br />
The program prepares future teachers to work with Childhood (1 st – 6 th grade),<br />
Middle Childhood (5 th – 9 th grade), and Adolescence students (7 th -12 th grade) in<br />
23 teacher certification programs. The program is selective, as it aspires to train<br />
future leaders in education. <strong>Hartwick</strong>’s education program is based on four<br />
axioms: 1) Effective pre-service teachers show competence in their academic<br />
major by maintaining a GPA <strong>of</strong> 3.0 or better, 2) <strong>Hartwick</strong>’s Curriculum XXI<br />
firmly grounds students in the liberal arts, 3) Effective teacher training operates<br />
from research-based principles <strong>of</strong> teaching-learning, and 4) Effective teachers<br />
integrate those principles into meaningful experiences in classrooms.<br />
There are teaching and educational opportunities with schools in the central New<br />
York area, Albany, Binghamton, New York City, the island <strong>of</strong> Anguilla, Austria,<br />
Great Britain, and Puerto Rico. These settings provide opportunities for real<br />
world teaching experiences in rural and urban school settings.<br />
Hands-on teaching experiences are a central part <strong>of</strong> <strong>Hartwick</strong>’s education<br />
program. There are many effective ways <strong>of</strong> learning and the Education<br />
Department <strong>of</strong>fers a variety <strong>of</strong> options to education students including:<br />
internships, study abroad, volunteer service work, the education work-study<br />
program, multicultural-urban internships, field experience, and directed studies<br />
with pr<strong>of</strong>essors. We encourage students to design, develop, and implement an<br />
educational program that is consistent with their interests and preparation, and<br />
long-term pr<strong>of</strong>essional goals.<br />
Our Mission: A commitment to social justice.<br />
Our program attempts to train educators who are committed to being agents for<br />
social justice, particularly through educational policy and practice. Our<br />
department takes for granted that education is the primary means to life success.<br />
Therefore, schools must mitigate against the conditions that threaten equal<br />
opportunity and academic achievement due to irrelevant reasons (ethnicity, class,<br />
gender, religion, ability). If schools are to adequately fulfill this responsibility<br />
then teacher training programs play an important role in exposing prospective<br />
teachers to issues and views relevant to the task.<br />
Beyond developing a commitment to social justice, students are expected to<br />
maintain academic excellence, display a passion for teaching, exhibit leadership<br />
qualities, and possess high pr<strong>of</strong>essional standards.<br />
The Education Department aspires to prepare…<br />
Competent scholars who:<br />
1. demonstrate competency in their chosen subject area and have<br />
mastered their content area.<br />
2. possess skills for critical, reflective thinking and knowledge <strong>of</strong> the social,<br />
political, cultural, psychological, philosophical and moral dimensions <strong>of</strong><br />
teaching.<br />
3. possess a broad, interdisciplinary liberal arts and sciences education<br />
which provides the foundation for competent teaching.<br />
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