Holy Cross College Adds Teacher Education Program
The new program will lead to an elementary-level Indiana state teaching license. It is the 41st teacher education program in Indiana to receive state approval.
Holy Cross College will add a teacher education program to its growing list of baccalaureate degree options this fall. The new program, which is sponsored by the University of Notre Dame’s ACE (Alliance for Catholic Education) program, will prepare elementary school teachers with a dual license and special focus in English Language Learning and Bilingual Education.
“There’s a lot happening in education right now from a national perspective,” says Susan Devetski, Ph.D., chair of the education department at Holy Cross College. “One of the reasons that I went into higher education was because I was really excited about the changes and working with future teachers to have an even greater impact on children.”
True to the College’s mission, the new program is dedicated to “serving the increasing population of English as a second language — those in greatest need,” says Devetski. “Mainly we chose to focus on the growing numbers of individuals learning the English language for the first time.”
Holy Cross College is now accepting applications for the teacher education program for the fall 2007 semester. For more information, contact Susan Devetski, Ph.D., education department chair, at sdevetski@hcc-nd.edu or 574.239.8355.
Published 7/19/2007 by Jenn Hall