2008 Woodie Awards
Chapter One: Lesson On The College Of Education
Learn all about the College of Education
By Donyel L. Griffin
Issue date: 1/22/07 Section: Campus News
There are five undergraduate schools and colleges at Kean University, each dedicated to the development of educational and professional skills for future careers; the College of Education, College of Business and Public Administration, College of Humanities and Social Sciences, College of Natural Applied and Health Sciences, and the School of Visual and Performing Arts. In this week's Cougar's Byte, the College of Education will be the first chapter in this series discussing the five different colleges. You can learn about different colleges as well as maybe a little bit about your own!
Did you know that in ten years half of the current teachers in the nation will be retired? Well it's true; in a couple of years there will be a huge demand for more teachers and those interested in teaching will be in the forefront of that demand. Those that are in an academic program dedicated to teaching belong to the College of Education.
Also, did you know that Kean has been named as one of the 50 largest producers of teachers in the nation; that fact should not surprise you since Kean used to be called the Newark State Teachers College. The name "teacher's college" has been abandoned since Kean has branched out in so many other areas of specialization, but it still holds its great reputation for teaching. The College of Education has had accreditation from the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education since 1995; an admirable accomplishment, considering that only one-third of schools that produce teachers earn the certification. Currently, there are about 3,000 students, including both the undergraduate and graduate students, in the College of Education and 89 faculty members. As of 2006, Elementary Education within the college became the largest major at Kean with 860 enrolled students.
Now, when one says the word, "teacher", you may already have a vision in your mind of what that person does, but there are so many options available in the College of Education. A person interested in teaching can choose between Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education (Bilingual Education option), Physical Education, B.A in Recreational Administration, Secondary Education, Speech and Hearing (Education of the Hearing Impaired), Speech-Language Hearing Sciences, or Special Education to teach those with learning disabilities. If you are interested in education, but you are not sure what your specialty should be, seek the advice of someone within the department that you are most interested in learning about.
Did you know that in ten years half of the current teachers in the nation will be retired? Well it's true; in a couple of years there will be a huge demand for more teachers and those interested in teaching will be in the forefront of that demand. Those that are in an academic program dedicated to teaching belong to the College of Education.
Also, did you know that Kean has been named as one of the 50 largest producers of teachers in the nation; that fact should not surprise you since Kean used to be called the Newark State Teachers College. The name "teacher's college" has been abandoned since Kean has branched out in so many other areas of specialization, but it still holds its great reputation for teaching. The College of Education has had accreditation from the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education since 1995; an admirable accomplishment, considering that only one-third of schools that produce teachers earn the certification. Currently, there are about 3,000 students, including both the undergraduate and graduate students, in the College of Education and 89 faculty members. As of 2006, Elementary Education within the college became the largest major at Kean with 860 enrolled students.
Now, when one says the word, "teacher", you may already have a vision in your mind of what that person does, but there are so many options available in the College of Education. A person interested in teaching can choose between Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education (Bilingual Education option), Physical Education, B.A in Recreational Administration, Secondary Education, Speech and Hearing (Education of the Hearing Impaired), Speech-Language Hearing Sciences, or Special Education to teach those with learning disabilities. If you are interested in education, but you are not sure what your specialty should be, seek the advice of someone within the department that you are most interested in learning about.