A partnership between a university and school district to place pre-service teachers in classrooms for long, rich clinical experiences co-taught by university and P-12 instructors
What is a PDS?
100
The ability to take graduate courses as an undergraduate, with the intention to pursue advanced study at the same institution after graduation
What is early access?
100
5 years
What is the number of years it takes to earn both a BA and MAE through our 50/50 online/experiential MAE?
100
Enter as strangers, leave as wedding attendants
What is what often happens through our PDSs?
100
The placement rate for our elementary teaching candidates
What is 100%?
200
Two faculty members on site every day for a whole semester
What is the key difference between Clarke's teaching clinicals and those of other institutions?
200
15 credits (out of 36 total graduate credits needed)
What is the maximum number of early access graduate credits education students can take during their BA program?
200
A partnership with our local school districts supporting exceptional Clarke education grads via a full year post-licensure practicum
What is the 4+1 Program?
200
Will the Education Department faculty teach the courses?
What is one of the first questions asked when deciding whether to continue on or return for grad work?
200
The percentage of elementary teaching candidates who graduate with endorsements in both reading and special education
What is 90%?
300
400 hours
What is the average number of clinical hours Clarke education majors complete before student teaching?
300
Instructional Leadership
What is the focus of Clarke's MAE?
300
Action research
What is conducted concurrently in the 4+1 graduate student's classroom, as taught through two consecutive online classes, throughout the year-long practicum?
300
The place where students' names are written after securing a teaching position
What is the job board?
300
The only WI course not covered in our teacher preparation curriculum
What is the Native American course?
400
80 hours
What is the number of clinical hours before student teaching required by the state of Iowa for teacher licensure?
400
The two MAE delivery models at Clarke
What is fully online or 50/50 online/experiential?
400
Flexibility
What is an attractive feature of the fully online MAE?
400
Because it takes a special commitment and philosophical alignment not often found
What is the reason our PDS structure hasn't been replicated?
400
The percentage of Education Faculty at Clarke who have their doctorates or are in the dissertation phase of their doctoral program
What is 89%?
500
Boosting of teaching readiness and retention
What is the benefit of a PDS-based program for teacher preparation?
500
The academic focus area most sought by principals hiring teachers
What is the reading endorsement, gained by 90% of our elementary ed majors?
500
An online video system that connects students visually in our online MAE
What is VoiceThread?
500
The people our students find hardest to leave each semester
What are teachers and students in the Professional Development Schools?
500
1) PDS, 2) Early Access to the MAE, and 3) The 4+1 Program
What are three main structures that make learning to teach at Clarke unique?