Conceptual ModelWelch College

Department of Teacher Education

2013

The mission of most individuals and

organizations includes the desire to be the BEST

possible.

Goals and Objectives are written to set out ways to

become the BEST.

Education institutions strive to have their students to be the BEST in their field after

they graduate.

Schools of Education expect their graduates to be the

BEST teachers during their careers.

The Department of Teacher Education at Welch College wants our program and our graduates to

be theBEST teachers

Excellent leaders

Students for life

Truth bearers

How can the BEST program be

accomplished?

What are the components of a BEST educational

program?

What characteristics are common in the BEST

teacher?

Underlying Assumptions There are absolute truths based on the Bible.

The Spiritual domain not only intersects but is the central part of the cognitive, affective, and psychomotor domains.

Man is created in the image of God.

Although all students are created by God, all are different, have different backgrounds, different needs, and different learning styles.

There is essential knowledge that should be mastered by the teacher and taught to the student.

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Biblically-basedEssential Knowledge

Service orientedTeacher preparation

TEACHEREDUCATION

Biblically-based?

Why and How is the program

TEACHEREDUCATION

Why and How is the program Biblically-based?

Every graduate of Welch College completes a Bible major

The purpose statement of Teacher Education includes the following:

Philosophically, the College and Teacher Education Department operate on the basis of belief that God created man as an innocent, spiritual being.

By transgression, humanity lost that innocence and became separated from God, needing the restoration that results from regeneration and a personal relationship with Jesus Christ.

Thus the teacher education programs emphasize the need to address the spiritual, as well as the intellectual, emotional, social, and physical nature of man. Only the person who has experienced a restored spiritual relationship with the Creator can be truly prepared for successful living or service. In this way, the needs of the whole man are met.

Essential Knowledge?

What Is the

TEACHEREDUCATION

What Is the Essential Knowledge?

Every licensure area has a major which covers essential knowledge in that field.

There is a common core from the Arts and Sciences that compose the General Education component of every major.

There is essential knowledge which must be passed from generation to generation for our society to continue and flourish.

Service oriented?

Why and How is the Program

TEACHEREDUCATION

Why and How is the Program Service-Oriented?

The mission of Welch College is to educate leaders to serve Christ, His Church, and His world through Biblical thought and life.

The primary objective in teacher education is to fulfill the College’s Mission by preparing students to use teaching as a tool in serving Christ and His Church.

TO SERVE is imperative. Our teacher education graduates commit to a life of serving the youth in our world.

Teacher Preparation?

What Is Important in

TEACHEREDUCATION

What Is Important in Teacher Preparation?

The teacher must possess the knowledge which is essential to be taught

The teacher must be a life-long learner

The teacher must be a caring person—”Students do not care how much you know until they know how much you care.”

The teacher must learn the methodology of teaching—the pedagogy.

The teacher must be a reflective teacher, evaluating the needs of the students, the methods or strategies required and the success or failure of the lessons taught.

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Biblically-basedEssential Knowledge

Service orientedTeacher Preparation

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