WILLIAMS TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM PHILOSOPHY

     

Williams Teacher Education Program assumes responsibility for optimal preparation of its teacher candidates. With regard to that responsibility, Williams teacher candidates are educated in content and skills sufficient to master the knowledge base; they are equipped through pertinent experiences in the classroom and in the field; and they are enriched through their participation in the social, cultural, and spiritual experiences available at Williams.  

 

Williams Teacher Education Program  prepares professional educators by presenting, defining, and modeling best practices.  Therefore, teacher candidates leave Williams prepared for classroom teaching that engages students in the learning process.  They leave, prepared to model consistent behaviors and attitudes which reflect biblical ideals.            

Williams Teacher Education Program is committed to the preparation of  professional educators who define and make explicit the Unit’s concept of an  effective communicator who integrates and cares.  In profile, the teacher who enters the classroom reflects these aptitudes, skills, and attitudes: they communicate effectively from a knowledge base gained in systematic courses designed to ensure a solid liberal arts background and from courses in specialization and professional knowledge; they integrate content, methods, and resources from experiences gained in systematic and sequential  field based experiences, observations,  and directed student teaching; and they care from their involvement in the totality of the Williams experience.