California State University, Fresno

Kremen School of Education and Human Development

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The Renaissance Group

 

 

Principles

The Renaissance Group: Universities working to improve the quality of educator preparation.

  1. The education of teachers is an all-campus responsibility undertaken in collaboration with PK-12 school personnel.
  2. The university values and models teaching excellence.
  3. Teacher preparation is integrated across the curricula of general education,  in-depth subject matter content, and professional studies in both general content and specific teaching methodologies.
  4. The education of teachers incorporates extensive and sequenced field and clinical experiences in various settings with effective supervision.
  5. The university meets and exceeds national and state standards for the preparation of school personnel.
  6. The university assesses learner outcomes in order to monitor its program effectiveness and assure teacher quality.
  7. Pre-service teachers and faculty members reflect our pluralistic society and are committed to the education of all students in diverse schools.
  8. The continuing professional development of teachers is the shared responsibility of the individual, the university faculty, and other professional educators.
  9. The university provides learning experiences and mentoring that develop teachers who are creative and innovative leaders.
  10. The university integrates technology throughout its teacher preparation program.