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    Teacher Education

    • Teacher Education programs include: Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Secondary Education and Special Education: Learning Disabilities
    • Graduates of the program will earn a Masters degree and DC Teaching license, which has reciprocity in over 40 states.
    • The program is designed to help both current non-licensed teachers and career switchers to become the best educator they can be. 
      SOE Faculty are a mix of researchers and practitioners.

    I chose American University because I was drawn to its commitment to providing quality education to all students with its focus on anti-racism, with its focus on equity, with its commitment to providing for the students who truly need it the most, and are not currently benefiting from the system as it exists.

    I think as a program, providing our students, our teacher candidates, lots of opportunity to really practice the challenging instructional skills that one needs to be a good teacher, right-- is really important. There are what had been named as high leverage practices that we know make a difference in how K through 12 students learn. One practice we focus on is having a very student centered classroom, getting students to talk about and understand what they're learning as a means of assessment. So if we can have students practice those, I think they are then better prepared to face the realities of the classroom. Teaching is a complex act, right? And I always view it as an art and a science. The art is hard to teach, right? That's the creative-- that's the individual. The science of learning is taking what we understand from cognitive science or from learning sciences, and applying it into teacher education.

    Having my own children, feeling like I can see the amazing difference that a good teacher can have on a student's life is what drew me to change careers. And that's what keeps me going every day.

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