Teacher Education

• Mission Statement

  Mission Statement of the Weber State University Educator Preparation Program:

  • We work within our communities to prepare caring, competent educators and to promote equitable, inclusive, and transformative education practices.
  • Community: We recognize that effective educator preparation is a cooperative endeavor involving faculty and staff members within the Teacher Education Department, the Moyes College of Education, and Weber State University. Our community also includes school districts, administrators, and teachers as well as professional organizations.  Our success depends on effective and consistent collaboration between all groups.
  • Caring, Competent Educators: Our central aim is to ensure that teacher candidates develop necessary skills and dispositions as outlined in the Utah Effective Teaching Standards. We also acknowledge that it is of indispensable importance that each teacher develops an enduring ethic of care—the propensity and ability to meet the educational needs of each student.
  • Equitable, Inclusive, and Transformative Education Practices: We believe that processes and institutions of teaching and learning can and should become increasingly equitable, promoting the well being of all students, with special emphasis on underserved populations. To that end, we are committed, where necessary, to transforming the attitudes and beliefs of teacher candidates and to extending our research and professional outreach in shaping general educational practice and policy.
• Student Learning Outcomes
  • Certificate 

     

  • Associate Degree

    Expected Standards of Performance for students completing the Associate of Science in Education degree:

    General education courses provide a foundation of content knowledge for students majoring in education programs. In addition to acquiring general knowledge, the support courses proposed in this program also help students make connections between the content of general education courses and the educational process.

    At the conclusion of the program students are expected to possess the knowledge and skills necessary to be admitted to the bachelor’s programs in Teacher Education.

    Students completing the AS in Pre-Education will be able to:
     

    • Use effective oral and written communication skills
    • Describe key concepts in language arts, science, social studies, and mathematics as they relate to education
    • Identify developmentally appropriate practices for the instruction of children
    • Apply concepts of the arts to education of children

     

    Assessment of these skills will be done within the courses. However, students may choose to complete requirements for admission into the BS degree in Elementary Education or Special Education. The admission requirements include (a) Praxis II, a standardized test of general knowledge; (b) CAAP writing test, an ACT-produced measure of writing; (c) a writing sample; and (d) an interview.

  • Bachelor Degree

    The Teacher Education department makes three claims about our graduates that support our mission statement and align with the Utah Effective Teaching Standards (UETS):

    • Claim/Outcome 1: Graduates meet the needs of diverse learners by creating a safe and equitable learning environment;
    • Claim/Outcome 2: Graduates use effective instructional practices based on deep and flexible knowledge of content and pedagogy; and
    • Claim/Outcome 3: Graduates engage in reflective practice, exhibit ethical behavior, and fulfill professional responsibilities.

• Curriculum Grid

   

   

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• Program and Contact Information

  Our mission is to work within our communities to prepare caring, competent educators and promote equitable, inclusive and transformative education practices. All programs are approved by the Utah State Board of Education and the Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation (AAQEP).
  
  We offer degrees in: Associates of Science (AS) in Education, Elementary Education (BS), Early Childhood Education (BS), Elementary Education/Early Childhood Education Double Major (BS), Special Education: Mild/Moderate (BS), Master of Education (MED). We provide licensure programs in Secondary Education, Graduate Certificate in Elementary Teaching, Graduate Certificate in Secondary Teaching and Graduate Certificate in Special Education. We also offer endorsements in Dual Language Immersion, Elementary Education Mathematics, English as a Second Language Minor, and in the Masters Level only: Education of the GIfted and Basic Reading. 

   

  Contact Information:
  Dr. DeeDee Mower
  1351 Edvalson Street, Dept. 1304
  Ogden, UT 84408-1304
  Education Bldg, Rm 235
  (801) 634-6521
  dmower@weber.edu

• Assessment Plan

  WSU Educator Preparation Program Outcomes	1. Graduates meet the needs of diverse learners by creating a safe and equitable learning environment.	2. Graduates use effective instructional practices based on deep content knowledge and flexible pedagogical knowledge and skill.	3. Graduates engage in reflective practice, exhibit ethical behavior, and fulfill professional responsibilities.
  Summative Evidence Collected During Student Teaching	Praxis Performance Assessment for Teachers (PPAT) Task 1: Knowledge of Students and Learning Environment ST Final Evaluations	PPAT Task 2: Assessment and Data Collection to Measure and Inform Student Learning PPAT Task 3: Designing Instruction for Student Learning Graduation GPA ST Final Evaluation	PPAT Task 4: Implementing and Analyzing Instruction to Promote Student Learning ST Final Evaluation – ethics and professional responsibility

• Assessment Report Submissions
  2021-22
  2019-20
  2017
  2016
  2015

• Program Review

  2020-21 (AAEQP)

  2013-14
   

This information is part of the cyclical program review process. Details such as mission statements, learning outcomes, etc., are updated as part of the biennial assessment reporting process, an integral component of program review.