Education Department

The Education Department seeks to:

• Deliver instruction for teacher candidates to develop and refine a biblical philosophy of education formed through a foundational understanding of the Scripture.
• Provide teacher candidates with the content knowledge and pedagogical skills necessary to teach students in the 21st century.
• Arrange multiple opportunities for teacher candidates to practice and develop their professional and pedagogical skills through practice teaching sessions in the university classroom, field experiences, and student teaching.
• Value human diversity and provide instructional opportunities to practice analyzing and evaluating different points of view while learning to relate to others in the places in which they live, work, and serve.
• Equip students to utilize formative and summative assessment strategies to evaluate academic progress and implement instructional technology strategies to improve learning outcomes.
• Furnish teacher candidates with the information, resources and support necessary to achieve the Missouri state standards for teacher certification and complete required steps and assessments throughout the program.

Students will be able to:

• Compose a Biblical Philosophy of Education.
• Demonstrate mastery of content knowledge aligned with their certification area.
• Create lesson plans and unit plans that implement curriculum development strategies and instructional approaches utilizing a varietyof resources to encourage students’ critical thinking, problem-solving, and performance skills while considering differentiated strategies to support all learners.
• Demonstrate effective pedagogical skills.
• Articulate how various philosophies of individual and group motivation and behavior can be applied to create learning environments that encourage active engagement in learning, positive social interaction and constructive self-management.
• Demonstrate knowledge of effective formative and summative assessment strategies to evaluate learners’ academic progress.
• Complete all the appropriate requirements and assessments throughout the degree program.

An Education degree prepares students for a range of careers.

• Elementary Teacher
• Middle School or Secondary School teacher
• Principal
• Vice-Principal
• Superintendent
• Admissions Counselor
• Recruiting
• After-School Program Director
• Camp Director
• Career Counseling
• Corporate trainer
• Curriculum Design
• Curriculum Representative/Sales
• Education Policy & Research
• Education Consultant
• Homeschool Consultant
• Instructional Designer
• Museum Education
• Pre-school Director
• Recreation Director
• Residence Life Director
• Student Development at a College or University
• School Counseling
• Standardized Test Developer
• Textbook Author
• Tutoring

*The full meal plan is required for all freshmen (29 or fewer credits). Students with 30 or more credits recorded on their Calvary transcript may select from other meal plan options.