Few colleges are as good at preparing teachers as we are:
- 98% of Saint Vincent College graduates achieve passing scores on
Pennsylvania's teacher certification test. (Source: U.S. Department of
Education).
- This above-average rate places us in the top quartile of teaching programs statewide.
- 94.5% of our Education students secure teaching jobs within a year of graduation, based on our own alumni surveys.
Learning Outcomes for Teacher Education
Each year, the education department strives to meet the following outcomes for all teacher education candidates regardless of program.
Education undergraduate, graduate and student teacher candidates will:
- obtain passing scores on the Praxis II exams for each teaching area or supervisory area in which they have been prepared at Saint Vincent College.
- demonstrate thorough knowledge of content and adequate pedagogical skills in planning and preparation for teaching through student teaching evaluations and observations based on the Pennsylvania Statewide Evaluation Form for Student Professional Knowledge and Practice (PDE 430): Category I. Planning and Preparation.
- establish and maintain a purposeful and equitable classroom environment for learning, in which pupils feel safe, valued, and respected, by instituting routines and setting clear expectations for pupil behavior as demonstrated by student teaching evaluations and observations based on the Pennsylvania Statewide Evaluation Form for Student Professional Knowledge and Practice (PDE 430): Category II. Classroom Environment.
- through knowledge of content, pedagogy and skill in delivering instruction, effectively engage students in learning by using a variety of instructional strategies as measured by student teaching evaluations and observations based on the Pennsylvania Statewide Evaluation Form for Student Professional Knowledge and Practice (PDE 430): Category III. Instructional Delivery.
- demonstrate the desired qualities that characterize a professional person in aspects that occur in and beyond the classroom as recorded in student teaching evaluations and observations based on the Pennsylvania Statewide Evaluation Form for Student Professional Knowledge and Practice (PDE 430): Category IV. Professionalism.
