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Quality teacher education places great emphasis on a strong liberal
arts foundation. The interactive relationship among liberal arts,
desciplinary area of study, professional education, and communication
skills uniquely prepares one for a career in teaching concurrent
with preparation for lifelong personal growth.
M.Ed. and M.A.Ed. Program Details
Teacher Education at Benedictine University
Private colleges and universities are uniquely qualified to provide
a diverse academic preparation with special attention to each
individual student. Benedictine University has a long history
of preparing teachers for careers in public, parochial and private
schools in Illinois and across the nation.
The Teacher Education Program at Benedictine University dates
back to 1963, when approval was received from the Illinois State
Board of Education to prepare elementary and secondary teachers.
Today the University prepares individuals for three different
certificates, Elementary, Special Education and Secondary, which
spans eleven subject areas. As recently as 1998, the entire Teacher
Education Program was approved by the Illinois State Board of
Education.
Market Considerations
In Illinois, the most recent statistics suggest that the state
is experiencing an increase in total teacher demand. Areas of
teacher shortage which have been identified include mathematics,
biological and physical science, reading, early childhood education,
bilingual education, social and emotional disorders, speech and
language impaired, English as a second Language(ESL), and languages.
Areas of relative excess include health education, physical education,
and the social sciences.
It is universally supported that there is a shortage of quality
educators, and that raising standards for certification will ultimately
increase teacher status and attract more qualified candidates.
Benedictine University desires to attract quality candidates and
contribute to the profession by training quality educators.
The overall placement profile for teacher education graduates
from Benedictine University for the past decade indicates that
a high percentage of those graduates who desired to teach have
been successful.
Program Accreditation
Benedictine University is a teacher accredited institution. Having
initially received approval by the Illinois State Board of Education
in 1963, the program was most recently approved in 1998. During
1992-93 the program underwent its regular review.
As an accredited institution, the University is approved to provide
programs leading to teaching certificates in elementary school,
junior high/middle school, secondary school, and special education
subject areas. When a student successfully completes one of the
eleven available programs, the University recommends to the State
that the individual is "entitled" to received a teaching
certificate (pending passage of the Illinois tests in basic skills
and subject matter competency). This recommendation is referred
to as "Certification via entitlement."
M.Ed. and M.A.Ed. Program Details
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