Education Department Philosophy

The Philosophy of the Education Department at Daemen College is to promote faculty and teacher candidate commitment to an established paradigm for life- long learning.  The Education Department’s learning community is committed to the mastery of all appropriate standards.1  We believe that an active discourse regarding the general education core in the liberal arts and sciences, the content core and the pedagogical core can be utilized to instill knowledge and professionally prepare teacher candidates. This discourse also fosters community understanding regarding equity and the needs of diverse and exceptional students.  We further believe that practical opportunities to apply the learning community’s knowledge and understanding must be provided to all community members. Reflection within the learning community upon the results of assessment, in turn, inspires personal and collective growth. Our learning community exists within the Daemen College learning community and its wider constituencies, where resources, technology, support services, information, and due process rights empower both faculty and candidate. 2

1   The faculty has adopted the Standards for Teacher Educators and has committed to an adapted version of the Interstate New Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC) standards, the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards, and the National Education Technology Standards as guiding standards for the Education Department of Daemen College in an effort to prepare teacher candidates to teach to the NYS learning standards. 

2   The above philosophy is derived in part from Section 4-2.5 Standards for Regents Accreditation of teacher education programs/ Standards of quality