Council of Colleges of Arts & Sciences Resolution on Teacher Education

Whereas the quality of teacher education is a subject of vital national interest and concern, and

whereas the single most significant factor in student-learning is the teacher, and

whereas the development of a deep understanding of the discipline one teaches is fundamentally important to the education of high quality teachers, and

whereas university presidents have called for placing teacher education at the center of campus priorities for those institutions who prepare teachers,

therefore be it resolved that the Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences urges its member institutions to affirm publicly that teacher education is the responsibility of every academic and administrative department contributing to the education of teachers.

Furthermore, the Council of College of Arts and Sciences urges every college and academic department that contributes to the education of teachers to make this important responsibility one of its priorities.

Furthermore, the membership of CCAS urges that the faculty of all colleges, schools, and departments involved in teacher education be represented in the institutional design of the best possible educational program for teachers, as well as in the determination of individual areas of responsibility for implementing the many components of the program and for assessing its effectiveness.

 

 

                                                                                                Passed by unanimous vote November, 2001

 

02/01/2007 04:03:33 PM