Department of Teaching, Learning and Behavioral Studies
Education offers people the opportunity to make a difference and create a better world. It’s an inspiring field with a strong potential for personal fulfillment and satisfaction. At Saint Joseph’s, we believe that the teaching profession is truly a vocation, a calling to serve as educators.
Today’s classrooms and communities are diverse, with children and families from a wide range of backgrounds, including different ethnicities, cultures, learning abilities, and socioeconomic levels. In the Department of Teacher Education and Special Education, our innovative programs teach future educators and practitioners critical aspects of education and development, such as, empowering children and youth to be critical thinkers, developing culturally relevant pedagogical practices, and adapting instruction and providing support for students with exceptionalities. Our students work closely with distinguished faculty, who connect theory, research and practice. We partner with schools and organizations in urban and suburban areas and students pursuing teacher certification begin field experiences observing and working in real classrooms at the beginning of the first semester of their first year.
My education classes at Saint Joseph’s introduced me to the idea of teaching for social justice through Jesuit ideals and values. I was always challenged and supported by my professors to think deeper about the issues in schools and how I can be an agent for change.”
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Morgan Falvey '18special education teacher, AIM Academy
