Unit

B.1 Define the professional education unit at your institution/agency and describe its relationship to other units at the institution or agency that are involved in the preparation of professional educators.

The Division of Education is the unit responsible for all educator preparation programs at Thomas University. The Division of Education has the authority to oversee all teacher education licensure programs, with input and advice from its internal and external committees. The Unit provides leadership for all educator preparation programs, including coordination of accreditation and state program approval activities and oversight of curriculum and policies. The Division of Education Chair reports directly to the Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs. The education faculty members are under the leadership of the Division of Education Chairperson. The division works closely with faculty in the Division of Arts and Sciences to review teacher candidate proficiency data for the goal of unit and candidate improvement. Faculty members of the Division of Arts & Sciences sit on the division’s Advisory Committee and the Assessment Review Committee along with unit faculty and partner school faculty and administrators.

B.2. How many professional education faculty members or agency employees support the professional education unit (or will support the unit if they have not yet been hired)? Please complete Table 1 or insert a hyperlink to your own table at Prompt B.6.

Table 1

Professional Education Faculty

Number of Professional

Education

Faculty

Full-time in

the Unit

Full-time in the

Institution / Agency, but Part-time in the Unit

Part-time at the

Institution / Agency & the Unit (e.g., adjunct faculty)

Graduate Teaching

Assistants Teaching or Supervising Clinical Practice

Total # of

Professional

Education Faculty

* Two new hires scheduled for Fall 2012
B.3 What programs are proposed at your institution or agency to prepare candidates for initial educator certification or for educator endorsements? Please complete Table 2 or insert a hyperlink to your own table at Prompt B.6.

Table 2

Initial Preparation Programs Proposed for Approval

Program Name	Delivery Mode(s) (e.g., face-to-face, online, or hybrid / blended)	Award Level(s) (e.g., Bachelor's, post-baccalaureate / certification-only, Master's/M.A.T., Specialist, Doctoral, or Endorsement)	GaPSC Educator Preparation Rule #	GaPSC Certification Rule #	Proposed Start Date (Semester / Year)
Early Childhood	Face-to-face	Bachelors of Science	505-3-.16	505-2-.59	N/A
Middle Grades Education	Face-to-face	Bachelors of Science	505-3-.26	502-2-.84	N/A
Post Baccalaureate Middle Grades Education	Face-to-face	certification-only	505-3-.26	502-2-.84	N/A
Secondary English	Face-to-face	Bachelors of Science	505-3-.17	502-2-.62	N/A
Post Baccalaureate Secondary English	Face-to-face	certification-only	505-3-.17	502-2-.62	N/A
Secondary Mathematics	Face-to-face	Bachelors of Science	5050-3-.25	502-2-.82	N/A
Post Baccalaureate Secondary Mathematics	Face-to-face	certification-only	5050-3-.25	502-2-.82	N/A

B.5. Which of the initial teacher preparation, endorsement and advanced preparation programs listed above will be offered off-campus or via distance learning technologies?

No programs are offered off-campus or via distance learning.