University of Pittsburgh at Bradford Teacher Education Program
Mission Statement
The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford is a student-focused and inclusive educational community dedicated to the education of students in a world of rapid political, economic, scientific, and cultural change. The Education Program seeks to provide pre-service teachers with specific content knowledge and sound pedagogical strategies enabling them to become responsible and productive citizens of a globally connected and sustainable world who value and embrace diverse perspectives and are innovative facilitators of learning.
The Education Program accomplishes this by:
- helping students acquire communication, information-gathering, critical thinking skills and technological proficiency.
- requiring education students to follow Pitt-Bradford's General Education curriculum requirements, the same requirement for all majors. This ensures every student graduates with an appreciation and understanding of the many other fields of study that affect our understanding of the human experience.
- promoting collaboration among classmates, faculty, and master teachers and administrators in area school districts.
- providing cross-curricular collaboration within our program and with area school districts.
- providing field based experiences through the entire education curriculum.
- designing culturally affirming, relevant and sustaining learning experiences that will foster real world experiences.
- demonstrating the code of ethics required of educators.
The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford provides program completers with a foundation for lives that are both professionally fruitful and personally satisfying.
Early Level (PK-4) Mission Statement
The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford is a student-focused and inclusive educational community dedicated to the education of students in a world of rapid political, economic, scientific, and cultural change. The Education Program seeks to graduate Early Level (PK-4) teachers who have sound pedagogical and content knowledge, and who demonstrate competencies in theory and practice in education that prepare them to become responsible and productive citizens of a globally connected and sustainable world who value and embrace diverse perspectives and are innovative facilitators of learning in a diverse world.
Health and Physical Education Mission Statement
The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford is a student-focused and inclusive educational community dedicated to the education of students in a world of rapid political, economic, scientific, and cultural change. The Education Program seeks to graduate Health and Physical Education teachers who have sound pedagogical strategies and knowledge of theories and practices to help them promote health, physical activity and wellness in PK-12 settings. We prepare our graduates to become responsible and productive citizens of a globally connected and sustainable world who value and embrace diverse perspectives and are innovative facilitators of learning in a diverse world.
Secondary Program Mission Statement
The University of Pittsburgh at Bradford is a student-focused and inclusive educational community dedicated to the education of students in a world of rapid political, economic, scientific, and cultural change. The Education Program seeks to graduate Middle and Secondary school teachers who have content knowledge, sound pedagogical strategies, knowledge of the history and structure of middle and secondary schools and demonstrate competencies of theory and practice in education that prepare them to become responsible and productive citizens of a globally connected and sustainable world who value and embrace diverse perspectives and are innovative facilitators of learning in a diverse world.
Pennsylvania Code of Professional Professional Practice and Conduct for Educators
