Education

The Coe College Teacher Education department aims to foster in prospective teachers an appreciation that teaching and learning are active, collaborative, effortful and recursive. As such, teachers must continually acquire knowledge, communicate their understanding, build connections between ideas, reflect on and modify their understanding. Further, we believe that competent teachers are passionate about learning, appreciate diverse learners' needs and experiences, and possess skill related to positively influencing the learning of all students.


Fall 2009 Student Teachers

Why Teacher Education at Coe?

  • The Teacher Education department at Coe has been facilitating the professional development of well-qualified teachers for more than 100 years - and we get better at it all the time!
  • As a teacher education student at Coe, your strong liberal arts foundation will prepare you to meet the demands of the 21st century classroom.
  • Coe prepares teachers for licensure in elementary education; in 20 + subject areas at the secondary level; and in physical education, music and art. K-12
  • Your field work in local schools will begin with your first education course, and by the time you are ready to student teach, you will have spent more than 120 hours in local classrooms!
  • Coe has close working relationships with outstanding area school districts. This means that you can do fieldwork in settings that vary in their socio-economic status, ethnic diversity and curricula.
  • Teacher Education faculty members are passionate about teaching, and responsive to your needs as learners.
  • We take academic advising seriously. At Coe, you will get to know your professors. They will listen to your concerns and will help guide you toward making decisions that will allow you maximum flexibility in your teaching career.
  • Unlike many small colleges, Coe's Teacher Education department offers separate subject-specific methods courses at all levels. This means that if you are preparing to teach high school language arts, for example, you will study secondary language arts methods along with other English and Theatre majors under the supervision of an experienced local teacher.
  • During your student teaching semester you will be well supervised by either a full time department faculty member or one of our small, exceptional team of professionals. You will be visited weekly during your student teaching assignment, and individually guided in your development as a teacher.
  • If you are the adventurous sort, you will have the opportunity to student teach in Chicago, Illinois; Aldine, Texas; or in a large number of foreign countries.