Teacher Education Information

Mission and Vision

The mission of the Teacher Education Program is to, in collaboration with liberal arts faculty and PK-12 educational partners, provide a biblically-based education which prepares knowledgeable, reflective, collaborative educators committed to serving others in order that all individuals may learn and develop to their fullest potential and interact with each other and their environment with respect, compassion, and fairness.

We believe that by preparing educational professionals, within the context of Christian faith, to be intellectually mature, reflective, collaborative, and committed to serving others, we are helping to shape a better future for our world in which each learner will be able to develop his/her fullest potential and interact with others and his/her environment with respect, compassion, and fairness.

The motto of the Teacher Education Program is "Educators Serving Together," supported by our theme verse, I Corinthians 12:14, "For the body is not one member, but many." Educators must recognize that communities, including educational communities, are diverse and have unique values and needs.

Our purpose and goals are focused on preparing candidates committed to serving others collaboratively and who demonstrate through their knowledge, skills, and dispositions competencies which promote the growth of each learner.

Teacher Candidate Proficiencies

The Malone University Teacher Education Program prepares candidates who:

Demonstrate ways in which a Christian worldview informs educational practice.
Apply sound principles of teaching, learning, and advocacy (1, 4*).
Master the content for which they have educational responsibility (2).
Demonstrate competence in the process of planning developmentally appropriate practices (1, 4).
Exhibit effective techniques which promote learning for all students regardless of race, culture, gender, creed, or ability (1, 4).
Identify organizational and behavioral management strategies that create a classroom conducive to effective learning (6).
Evaluate and support student learning and growth by utilizing varied assessments to inform instruction and interventions (3).
Display professionalism and ownership of professional growth (7).
Use technology as a tool for instruction, communication, collaboration, and creativity (3, 4, 6).
Collaborate with family, teachers, community, and other stakeholders in student learning and growth (6).
Initiate and sustain conversation in an organized, clear, and confident manner, using Standard English, in written and oral form (4).
Exhibit dispositions for educators committed to serving together (1, 6):