Elementary Education - Our Lady of Holy Cross College

Elementary Education from Our Lady of Holy Cross College is a Campus Bachelor Elementary Education degree that prepares you for a Education career. Description of the Program The Teacher Education Program at Our Lady of Holy Cross College seeks to develop reflective stewards by educating hearts and minds and providing experiential service. Reflection is a regular activity in the Teacher Education Program, and the use of reflection is a means of aiding candidates in articulating their thoughts regarding their knowledge, skills, and dispositions. Teacher candidates reflect meaningfully on their professional practice which results in better performance and professional growth. Stewardship is fostered by enabling candidates to become familiar with and to develop a strong commitment to Gospel principles such as serving others in a spirit of compassion, justice, and selflessness. In the spirit of our founder, Blessed Basil Moreau who said, ???The mind will not be cultivated at the expense of the heart,??? teacher candidates at Our Lady of Holy Cross College learn to educate the minds and hearts of their students. Teacher candidates spend quality time in classroom situations throughout their time in the Teacher Education Program. In the early stages of the undergraduate program, experience with the teaching profession includes classroom observations, virtual observations, and 138 138 peer teaching. Once candidates enter the Professional Laboratory Experience Program (PLEP), they will begin teaching in diverse classrooms under the supervision of cooperating teachers and college supervisors. PLEP lasts for two semesters. The final semester of the undergraduate Teacher Education Program is spent in a full-time student teaching experience that follows Louisiana Department of Education guidelines. This experiential service allows for candidates to identify their strengths and weaknesses as educators and to improve upon their knowledge, skills, and dispositions for teaching . The program content includes educational foundations and instructional design in conjunction with practical and clinical experiences, seminars, internships, and role modeling. Since the program focuses on specific competencies to be mastered, students are evaluated in reference to the predetermined performance standards as described in the Louisiana Components of Effective Teaching. The Teacher Education Program undergoes continual revision as data are acquired in the field of educational research. On-going evaluations by faculty, students, graduates, and outside agencies are an integral part of the design of the program and are used to improve program efficiency and effectiveness. The College reserves the right to change any provision, offering, or requirement at any time within the student???s period of study. Student Outcomes of the Teacher Education Program Upon successful completion of the Undergraduate Program in Education, graduates should be able to: 1. demonstrate content knowledge in the disciplines to be taught (all subjects for elementary or the selected major area of study for secondary), as evidenced by college grade point average and PRAXIS scores; 2. plan, implement, and evaluate developmentally appropriate lessons for diverse groups of students, as evidenced by achieving competency in Domains I, II, and III of the Louisiana Components of Effective Teaching; 3. recognize, appreciate, and plan for teaching to diversity, as evidenced by the completion of a Plan for Teaching to Diversity; 4. demonstrate the conditions and/or dispositions vital to the professional development of teacher candidates inspired by the conceptual framework of Developing Reflective Stewards: Educating the Heart and Mind and Providing Experiential Service, as evidenced by observation and evaluation by college supervisors and cooperating teachers; and 5. impact student learning as evidenced by the completion of interdisciplinary thematic unit plans, teacher work samples, and clinical experiences. View more details on Our Lady of Holy Cross College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Elementary Education courses.