Carthage Teachers
Competent, Caring, Committed
The Education Division is proud to be responsible for the preparation of competent, caring, and committed teachers. It is the teacher in the classroom who has immeasurable influence on the learner. What that teacher is and what that teacher can do make an impact on student learning. The Education Division is responsible for preparing professionals who can teach with skill, knowledge, and understanding. The Division depends on many resources to achieve this goal. Therefore, this guide has been prepared to assist candidates as prospective teachers to be admitted into teacher education and into the clinical components of the practice of teaching. This guide seeks to help teacher candidates with this important step in preparation at Carthage College in reaching initial professional teaching goals tleading to endorsement for certification in the state of Wisconsin.
The chapters of this booklet depict the Division of Education's conceptual framework. This conceptual framework is supported by the 10 Wisconsin Standards for Teacher Development and Licensure which grew out of the Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC) standards, Wisconsin's Model Academic Standards, and the PI34.15 (2) b. Content Guidelines.
As stated in the Carthage College Mission:
The College is committed to providing a strong foundation in the liberal arts for all students, whatever their academic majors or career objectives may be. This foundation is a basis for cultivating free men and women. With this commitment and conviction, the College offers select, high quality majors in career-oriented field, in the disciplines of the arts, humanities, and sciences.
As a college of the Christian tradition affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), Carthage seeks to provide opportunities for men and women to serve others in the world and in the church.
The College also encourages and supports expressions of diversity across the campus community. Working together, students, faculty, and staff create an inclusive learning environment in both curriculum and co-curricular activities. Only by experiencing and valuing diverse perspectives can students be prepared to live in an increasingly multicultural society and the global community.
Carthage seeks to:
1. Transmit the human heritage in the arts, humanities, and sciences.
2. Offer programs of study that permit mastery of a significant body of knowledge and acquisition of appropriate research techniques.
3. Develop the communication skills of its students and provide a facility for critical and constructive thinking.
4. Foster a love of learning, openness to diverse ideas, and a commitment to education as a lifelong process.
5. Provide opportunities for worship and proclamation of the Gospel.
6. Enhance awareness of the need to examine values in a Christian context and develop a personal philosophy and sense of vocation.
7. Prepare students for careers that offer opportunities for personal satisfaction and service to society.
8. Prepare students to be licensed as teachers in Wisconsin and other states.
9. Encourage active participation as informed and responsive citizens in seeking solutions to problems in the community, the nation, and the world.
10. Serve as an intellectual, aesthetic, and religious resource to the community and the church.