Principles
The Renaissance Group: Universities working to improve the quality of educator preparation.
- The education of teachers is an all-campus responsibility undertaken in collaboration with PK-12 school personnel.
- The university values and models teaching excellence.
- 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.
- The education of teachers incorporates extensive and sequenced field and clinical experiences in various settings with effective supervision.
- The university meets and exceeds national and state standards for the preparation of school personnel.
- The university assesses learner outcomes in order to monitor its program effectiveness and assure teacher quality.
- Pre-service teachers and faculty members reflect our pluralistic society and are committed to the education of all students in diverse schools.
- The continuing professional development of teachers is the shared responsibility of the individual, the university faculty, and other professional educators.
- The university provides learning experiences and mentoring that develop teachers who are creative and innovative leaders.
- The university integrates technology throughout its teacher preparation program.