Education - Eastern Nazarene College

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Pursue your calling to teach, inspiring children and making an impact in their lives. With an education degree, you will be prepared to instill a love of learning, help students realize their potential, and benefit society by becoming a child advocate.

Why students love Education

“I chose Eastern Nazarene College because of its amazing community. From the moment I stepped on the campus during Festival of Life in 2016, I knew I was going to be an ENC lion. My dad was a student here, as well as my grandfather, and my sister and I wanted to continue the legacy. I chose Elementary Education as a major because I have a passion for teaching. I want to help students discover their purpose in life the way my professors have supported and encouraged me. ”

Cassandra Cook '21
Hometown: Syracuse, New York

Overview

Field of Study: Education
Division: Traditional Undergraduate
Location: Quincy, MA
Options: Major
Degrees: B.A.

The education program prepares future teachers who are versed in a range of disciplines, from the liberal arts to the sciences. Education majors learn the latest education strategies and techniques to teach students representing a diversity of backgrounds and learning styles. Education majors work with an expert faculty at Eastern Nazarene College and receive practical classroom experience throughout the state of Massachusetts, ranked as one of the top school systems in the country, as well as at the college’s resident preschool, Campus Kinder Haus. Degree programs and licensure areas offered include:

Bachelor of Arts:
Early Childhood Education
Elementary Education
Secondary Education
Teacher of Students with Moderate Disabilities (TSMD)

Associate of Arts:
Early Childhood Education

Licensure Areas:

Early Childhood (Grades PreK-2)
Elementary (Grades 1-6)
Moderate Disabilities (Grades PreK-8 and 5-12)
History (Grades 5-12)
Biology (grades 8-12)
Chemistry (Grades 8-12)
Physics (Grades 8-12)

Education majors gain practical classroom experience at the college’s resident preschool, Campus Kinder Haus, in Quincy, MA.

The Teacher Education Program is approved by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. Upon completion of the program and all Massachusetts Test for Educator Licensure tests (MTELs), candidates are eligible for the Initial License in their teaching area. They are also eligible for a first license in several states based on the Interstate National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification (NASDTEC). Additional state tests/exams may be required to obtain the license. During your time at Eastern Nazarene College, you will develop strong ties with your peers in classes that average only 15 students and close working relationships with your professors who are both full-time faculty and adjunct educators.

The Education Program prepares teachers who:

Are able to teach in public and private schools.
Are prepared to teach in a globally diverse society.
Are grounded in research, theory, and practice.
Develop a high level of competence to work with and address the needs of students.
Develop skills to collaborate with colleagues where they are able to gain employment.
Understand and gain skills in the integration of content knowledge, teaching pedagogy, process, and their inherent relationships as part of their development toward professional educators.
Develop skills as reflective, effective, and skilled facilitators of learning.
Are prepared to process information in a technologically advanced society.
Able to adapt to different teaching settings and diverse cultural backgrounds.
Understand and model in the classroom a wide range of effective teaching and learning techniques, computer-based multimedia technologies, and the application of current and established research on teaching and learning.
Develop skills to foster effective interaction, engagement and building of partnerships with families, caregivers, and communities.

Career Paths

Graduates seek teaching positions in the greater Boston area, other districts in Massachusetts as well as their home states throughout the country. Students teach in a diversity settings, urban, suburban and rural, working with students of all backgrounds. Approximately 20% of the current teachers in Quincy Public Schools are graduates of the program.

Outcomes

Upon completion of the BA in Education degree in Early Childhood, Elementary, Secondary, or Special Education areas, graduates will be able to:

Develop well-structured lessons with challenging, measurable objectives and appropriate student engagement strategies, pacing, sequence, activities, materials, resources, technologies, and grouping.
Organize and analyze results from a variety of assessments to determine progress toward intended outcomes and uses these findings to adjust practice and identify and/or implement appropriate differentiated interventions and enhancements for students.
Use appropriate practices, including tiered instruction and scaffolds, to accommodate differences in learning styles, needs, interests, and levels of readiness, including those of students with disabilities and English language learners.
Use rituals, routines, and appropriate responses that create and maintain a safe physical and intellectual environment where students take academic risks and most behaviors that interfere with learning are prevented.
Effectively model and reinforce ways that students can master challenging material through effective effort, rather than having to depend on innate ability.
Regularly reflect on the effectiveness of lessons, units, and interactions with students, both individually and with colleagues, and use insights gained to improve practice and student learning.

Upon completion of the AA in Early Childhood Education degree, graduates will be able to:

Develop skills in problem solving, professional exploration and reflective thinking.
Collaborate and cooperate with peers in the program as well as with the staff of the school in which prepracticum experiences occur.
Understand the integration of content knowledge, teaching pedagogy, process, and their inherent relationships as part of their development toward understanding the profession of education.
Understand that foundation studies for the degree includes a broadly-based liberal arts core curriculum, professional education studies and an understanding of the values and beliefs of the Christian world view.
Develop skills as reflective, effective, skilled facilitators of learning who are prepared to process information in a technologically advanced society and to adapt to different teaching settings, varying exceptionalities, and diverse cultural backgrounds.
Understand and model in teaching settings a wide range of effective teaching/learning techniques, computer-based multimedia technologies, and the application of current and established research on teaching and learning.
Foster effective interaction, engagement and building of partnerships with families/caregivers and communities.

Course Catalogs

For course descriptions, requirements, focus areas, options, and other program details see our full course catalog.

Contact Us

Robert Purpura

Program Chair

617-745-3587

Robert.G.Purpura@enc.edu

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