A trailblazer in the field of education, the Mercy College School of Education became the first institution in the United States to be awarded initial national accreditation by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) 和 其后继机构教育专业人士评审委员会(制定). 除了, 我们所有的儿童硕士学位教育项目, 儿童早期, Secondary Education (English, 数学, 生物学, 物理, 化学, 和 Social Studies), Special Education, TESOL, 读写能力, 和教育领导力是由他们的专业协会在全国范围内认可的. National accreditation provides a seal of approval for Mercy 和 enhances our graduates' credentials when seeking employment.

了解更多

根据高等教育授权法案第二章, institutions with teacher preparation programs must report to their respective state (New York State Education Department) on specific data elements related to teacher programs annually. This information is compiled 和 made available to the general public by the US Department of Education on the aggregate level, 由国家, 和 by respective institution on an annual basis.

http://title2.ed.gov/Public/Home.aspx

单位任务:

The unit is dedicated to preparing effective educators, 包括教师和其他学校专业人员，他们是反思的实践者，拥有知识基础, technological skills, 研究工具 和 professional proficiencies 和 dispositions to empower them to help diverse students succeed in their learning 和 community environments. The unit supports the values of 能力, 多样性, 合作和道德实践，并致力于所有学生都能学习的宗旨.

为教师和其他学校专业人员准备的连贯计划:

The Mercy College Conceptual Framework represents the group effort of faculty members in all unit programs to establish the philosophy, 指导单位及其个别项目的管理原则和标准. Through a consistent plan for curriculum, 指令, 实地考察, clinical practice 和 assessment, the Conceptual Framework sets forth the shared vision, 任务, professional commitments 和 explicit proficiencies 和 dispositions the unit considers to be requisites for the preparation of teachers 和 other school professionals, enabling them to become Effective Educators.

Professional Education Unit 项目:

项目 in the School of Education:

• 儿童早期 Education
• Childhood Education
• 中等教育:科学(生物、物理、化学)、英语、数学、社会科学
• 读写能力
• TESOL
• Special Education
• Educational Leadership

社会与行为科学学院项目:

• 学校心理咨询
• 学校心理学

单元目标:

Unit values 和 competencies are supported by the six goals 和 related proficiencies that define the effective educator in the unit’s Conceptual Framework. The six goals are: 内容知识，教学和专业知识，多样性，技术，反思 和 性情. 

美慈学院教育单元概述

评价:

The unit has developed an assessment system to support the implementation of these goals 和 to help stakeholders better evaluate unit effectiveness 和 determine areas for improvement. It outlines a process for continuous review of the effectiveness of the unit’s programs 和 operations serving our c和idates, 和 includes a wide array of assessment processes, 包括基于课程的关键评估，以评估候选人的进展, 评估教学效果的课程评估, 离职调查和为期一年的跟踪调查，以检查候选人对该部门项目有效性的看法, as well as employer surveys to obtain their employers’ perspectives on our graduates’ preparedness for employment in the field of education. 

An Emphasis on 多样性:

概念框架将多样性的价值贯穿于内容之中, pedagogical 和 clinical proficiencies 和 professional dispositions required of unit c和idates for teaching 和 other school professions. Within its curricula, assignments 和 st和ards for clinical practice, the unit stresses inclusion 和 respect for the ethnic, 考生和教师之间以及学生之间的文化和语言差异, parents 和 staff in P-12 communities. Mercy College is a federally- designated Hispanic-Serving Institution proud to serve a diverse c和idate population 和 was ranked in the top 100 schools awarding master’s degrees to Hispanics (Hispanic Outlook 5/072012). The unit strives to recruit 和 develop teachers 和 other school professional c和idates from ethnically 和 文化ly diverse backgrounds who demonstrate their potential to provide quality 指令 to all learners.

在他们的职业教育项目中取得进步, 候选人有机会在丰富多样的环境中相互交流，并与大学教师互动. The faculty provides c和idates with the 学术 和 pedagogical context to integrate research 和 st和ards-based curricula into practice 和 provides knowledge into how 文化, 语言, 种族和经验背景有助于解决问题.

关键评估结果表明，候选人表现出与学生合作的能力, families 和 colleagues in ways that reflect the various proficiencies 和 dispositions expected of them as professional educators. They demonstrate underst和ing, 与所有学生都能学习的信念相一致的专业行为和价值观.