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Welcome to the Department of Education
Dr. Paul Kelleher, Chair of the Education Department
 
Circle of StudentsOur mission is not only to prepare professionals in our three professional programs --Teacher Education, School Psychology, and School Leadership -- but also to develop principled leaders in each of these fields. We believe that knowledge – of self, of professional content, of people and communities -- is at the heart and soul of educational practice. Our students need knowledge before learning how to apply it.

In each of our programs, learning how involves apprenticeship. Employing problems-based approaches that are anchored in inquiry, reflection, and ongoing assessment, we enable students to create knowledge in-use as they practice. Our small size --eight full-time faculty members, 30 part-time clinical faculty members and only 250 students -- enables us to achieve this aim through intense individual and small group teaching relationships.

Current Events and News

Understanding by Design (UbD) - Curricular Units Online - Each summer, the Department of Education welcomes back recent graduates to participate in a one-week Understanding by Design curriculum writing workshop. In June of 2009, 31 participants (graduates and their peers) returned to campus to write new curricular units. The units written in June will be posted to the web shortly. Click here to access all units from 2005-present.

Job Announcement: Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Education (Posted: 05/21/2009) - The Department of Education at Trinity University invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor of Education.  The position will begin in August 2010. To read more about the position and for information about how to apply, click here.

Changes to the Elementary Education Program Requirements - All students considering a career in early childhood / elementary education should review these important program changes. Questions about the changes should be referred to Dr. Pat Norman (pnorman@trinity.edu).

Alumni Profiles-- The Department of Education is proud of wonderful alumni and the great work they are doing to approve America's schools! Read more about our graduates: Shari Albright, Kathy Beiser, Celina Cardenas and Mark Larson.

Grant Announcement -- On January 7, 2008, Congressman Lamar Smith, visited the Trinity campus to announce a $146,000 grant to establish a state of the art teaching laboratory in the Storch Memorial Building. “ Funding is provided by an appropriations bill approved by President Bush and sponsored by U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith, R-San Antonio. To learn more about the center, click here.

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