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Elementary Education
When you’re ready to take the next step in your teaching career -- to the front of an elementary school classroom -- PACE is ready to help you achieve your goals. Our accelerated Bachelor of Science and certification program is designed to help busy people like you complete your college degree in elementary education.
Once-a-week courses make it easier to fit college studies into your life. They also allow you to focus on thoroughly understanding one topic at a time. Please explore this section of the website for a comprehensive view of the elementary education program, and call us at (217) 420-6778 with questions.
The Elementary Education program is offered on the campus of Parkland College in Champaign as well as the Decatur campus. The Parkland faculty coordinator is Karl Radnitzer, who may be reached at kradnitzer@millikin.edu or by phone (217) 420-6785.
Overview
Candidates desiring certification in Elementary Education (Illinois type-03: K - grade 9) participate in a curriculum that includes:
- a broad background in the subjects commonly taught in elementary schools
- methods classes offering instruction in teaching those subjects
- other professional education classes providing theory and experiences concerning schools, teachers and learning
- an academic area of concentration
In the PACE program, students receive certification for both Elementary Education and Middle School.
Mission
To prepare beginning teachers whose knowledge, skills and dispositions promote a lifetime commitment to excellence in teaching and learning.
Vision
When we prepare teachers who are journeying toward excellence, those future teachers will direct their own students toward excellence, thus continuing a cycle of learning and teaching.
Teacher Education Unit Guidelines:
- The professional educator engages in active learning. The teacher-learner constructs knowledge, creates learning experiences that engage all students and make the content meaningful, and values reflection.
- The professional educator creates communities of learning. The teacher-learner understands individuals and can provide learning opportunities that support development of all students; the teacher-learner creates effective environments that value and appreciate diversity and fosters critical thinking, active inquiry, collaboration and supportive interaction.
- The professional educator facilitates learning for others. The teacher-learner understands and/or designs instructional planning, instructional strategies, and various assessment strategies and uses them to encourage authentic learning and continuous development.
- The professional educator collaborates with others. The teacher-learner understands the role of the community and understands education as a profession, while demonstrating a willingness to give and receive help.
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