{"id":37504,"date":"2023-08-31T13:04:47","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T17:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/earlham.edu\/?page_id=37504&preview_id=37504"},"modified":"2023-10-18T11:12:10","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T15:12:10","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/earlham.edu\/academics\/graduate-programs-in-education\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About GPE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
At Earlham, believe that there is no more valuable calling than the work of education. We seek to \u201cawaken the teacher within,\u201d thereby equipping new educators with the skills and knowledge to shape their classrooms and workplaces into environments that foster lifelong learning in their own students. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Those who are best prepared to meet the challenge of education are well grounded in their content field, passionate about their learning, and courageous in their response to this calling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Earlham M.A.T. program is a unique post-baccalaureate teacher preparation program that began in 2001. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In creating the M.A.T. program, Earlham faculty sought to blend Charlotte Danielson\u2019s Framework for Teaching<\/a> <\/em>with the Earlham College Principles and Practices<\/a>. The program was also informed by two key works: Parker Palmer\u2019s The Courage to Teach <\/em>and Robert Fried\u2019s The Passionate Teacher<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Secondary teachers and administrators provided significant input into the program’s creation, and the faculty of the Earlham M.A.T. program have continued a strong working relationship with these and other stakeholders. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n Our Advisory Board meets annually with program faculty to provide feedback. More importantly, the M.A.T. program uses input from area teachers throughout the year in the assessment of teaching candidates. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n From summer semester through spring semester, input and advice from current secondary teachers is a vital part of the process of teacher preparation. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n The M.Ed. was program was added in 2005. At that time, this program focused on serving currently practicing teachers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n In 2018, the M.Ed. was revitalized to serve a wide range of candidates with different focuses in education. Partnerships on Earlham’s campus with Trueblood Preschool, the Joseph Moore Museum and the athletics department, as well as off-campus partnerships with local schools and non-profit community organizations make our M.Ed. program unique in its ability to be personalized to each individual candidate\u2019s needs. <\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\nDeveloped by teachers, for teachers<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Developing educators beyond the classroom <\/h3>\n\n\n\n