College of Education

Program Purpose

The mission of the English education undergraduate program is:

1. to provide teacher candidates with opportunities to communicate and work in a positive manner with individuals from diverse cultural groups;
2. to provide multiple opportunities for candidates to articulate and reflect upon their own pedagogical and English-content knowledge, skills, practices, and dispositions as vehicles for fostering personal and professional growth;
3. to provide candidates with structured opportunities to articulate rationale for instructional decisions;
4. to provide scaffolded opportunities, within university classroom settings and diverse clinical experiences, for candidates to design and implement focused, sequenced learning segments that respond to the literacy needs of diverse 21st century high school students;
5. to provide candidates guided and independent opportunities to effectively assess and respond to high school English students’ demonstrated learning;
6. to introduce candidates to and provide opportunities for them to explore and integrate appropriate technology and academic language into instruction; and
7. to develop teacher candidates who can critically assess curriculum materials, make appropriate modifications, and show leadership in their schools.