Aquinas Academic Programs ::
Teacher Education
History & Philosophy
Program History
Aquinas Junior College became Aquinas College in January 1994 when the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools granted candidacy to award the four-year degree in Interdisciplinary Studies (Teacher Education). We accepted our first students into the program in the Fall of 1994 and graduated our first teacher in May of 1996. In July of 1997, the State of Tennessee Board of Education granted official approval to Aquinas College for the four-year teacher education program for Elementary Licensure and a Post Baccalaureate program.
Title II of the higher Education Act requires teacher preparation institutions to report Praxis II test scores and other data.
Praxis II pass rates for Aquinas College:
- 2002-2003 – 100% pass rate for institution, 96% pass rate statewide.
- 2003-2004 – 94% pass rate for institution, 96% pass rate statewide.
- 2004-2005 – 100% pass rate for institution, 97% pass rate statewide.
Program Philosophy
The philosophy of the Teacher Education Program is the basis on which curricular choices are made and experiences are selected. The curriculum consists of content, methods and professional courses and forms the acquisition phase of the program. The experiences are selected in order for the Teacher Education students to integrate skills and concepts learned and to begin to practice them. Through mastery of the curriculum and evaluating experiences, it is the aim of the program for the students to assimilate the philosophy of the program, thereby, making it their own.
Conceptual Framework
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The Aquinas Teacher Education Program curriculum consists of content, methods and professional courses and forms the acquisition phase of the program.
Related Links
National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education »