Carroll College - Helena, MT

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elementary education

Acceptance process

Education majors begin the acceptance process into the education department during their sophomore year. Students must pass the PSST, write an essay, maintain a minimum 2.5 grade point average, receive faculty recommendations, do a background/finger printing check, submit a portfolio and interview with the faculty of the department. Students also must apply for student teaching the following year.

The development of skills

The goal of the education program of Carroll College is to assist students in developing teaching competencies in their chosen field. The education program facilitates the growth of each student to ensure the development of appropriate skills and attitudes. The faculty challenges each student to grow to the limit of that student’s capabilities and to develop a personal sense of the teaching profession. To obtain this goal, pre-service teachers are expected to possess skills and attitudes that exhibit professional behavior. The following expectations are to be viewed in conjunction with specific goals and objectives established for the college and for each required professional education course. The objectives for teacher education follow.

The teacher candidate will:

  1. Demonstrate an attitude of professionalism.
  2. Maintain healthy student/teacher relationships.
  3. Exhibit job satisfaction.
  4. Have appropriate relationships with administrators, teachers, support personnel, parents and other community members.
  5. Be encouraged to participate in community service.
  6. Project a positive self-image.
  7. Possess skills in the following:
    1. classroom management
    2. classroom interaction
    3. planning and lesson design
    4. teaching strategies
    5. instructional decision making
    6. problem-solving inquiry
    7. student diagnosis
    8. media and technology resources
    9. effective peer group interaction
    10. coping
    11. content (subject matter)
    12. knowledge and application of law and ethics
    13. knowledge and referral systems
    14. knowledge of the special child
    15. foundation knowledge—child development, sociology, learning theory, self concepts, philosophy of education
    16. listening
    17. reading comprehension, analysis and evaluation
    18. analysis of written English in terms of word usage and sentence construction
    19. analysis of literature and fine arts
    20. mathematics
    21. science
    22. social studies

In addition to the above goals and objectives, each licensure area has goals and objectives.