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A Note F R O M T H E Associate Dean Reach and teach all populations with equal parts passion and scholarship. At Emmanuel’s School of Education, you will train in current theory and researchbased practice in the design, delivery, and management of curriculum and instruction, from the exploration of access and equity in the history of American education to in-class instruction and site placements. Using Boston as an extended classroom, you will explore a variety of learning styles and instructional methods to meet the needs of all students. The School’s undergraduate programs in elementary and secondary education prepare students to be leaders in creating—
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in their classrooms and communities—a culture of collaborative inquiry centered on student learning and healthy development and deeply rooted in social justice. Practical knowledge and real-world training with a focus on urban education and culturally responsive teaching come together to help students build a thriving classroom—and a successful career. The School of Education is truly a vibrant, creative and supportive community of teaching and learning. I hope you sense this excitement as you learn more about our programs. Sr. Karen Hokanson, SNDdeN, Ed.D. Associate Dean of the School of Education
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STUDENTTEACHING SITES IN BOSTON: Boston Latin School Cathedral High School
Dr. William W. Henderson Inclusion School Eliot Innovation School Fenway High School Mildred Avenue School OLPH Mission Grammar School Patrick J. Kennedy Elementary School Richard J. Murphy School St. John Paul II Catholic Academy St. Joseph Preparatory High School
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A City of Firsts Above Right: Michael Morris ’14 MAJOR: Elementary Education CURRENTLY: Second Grade Teacher, OLPH Mission Grammar School
Boston always ranks at the top of the country’s “most educated cities” lists, and it should come as no surprise—education is in our DNA. Boston is home to the first public school in the United States, with the founding of Boston Latin School in 1635. Other firsts followed—the first public elementary school, first public school system and first public high school. And to this day, it’s the students who are put first. The city of Boston alone is home to nearly 75,000 school-aged children across the city’s 125 public schools, as well as dozens of parochial and private schools. Boston’s schools are focused on closing achievement gaps and making a successful future a reality for all. Boston’s schoolteachers are trained to help students realize their academic potential; to eradicate language, social, cultural or economic barriers; and to prepare students for the future—for college, for the Innovation Economy, for STEM careers, and for making a difference in their communities.
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RECENT GRADS
Molly Sloan ’19 MAJOR: Elementary Education PRACTICUM: OLPH Mission Grammar School, Boston RESEARCH FOCUS: “Where is the self-love?: A six-week pilot program to foster self-love using culturally relevant pedagogy” CURRENTLY: K2 Teacher, OLPH Mission Grammar School; M.Ed., Boston College’s Urban Catholic Teaching Corps
Lorna Vaughen ’19 MAJOR: Elementary Education PRACTICUM: Fifth Grade, Richard J. Murphy School, Boston RESEARCH FOCUS: “Learning to Think Mathematically about Multiplication and Division: A Case Study in a Fifth Grade Math Class” CURRENTLY: Middle School Social Studies Teacher, Saint John Paul II Catholic Academy, Dorchester; M.Ed. Candidate, Research in Science Curriculum, Emmanuel College
Here. Emmanuel’s School of Education strives to lead in urban education, with regular symposiums and workshops focused on becoming culturally responsive educators. Students begin their journeys with a service-learning course, in which they devote time to the Sr. Mary Hart Children’s Program or the TSN Cyber Café at St. Katharine Drexel Parish in Roxbury. Emmanuel students frequently welcome “scholars” from nearby OLPH Mission Grammar School to its campus and its science labs to give elementary-aged children their first look at college and frame it as an attainable goal for their future. Students begin to find their niche in the field, completing research projects alongside faculty or to receive Distinction in the Field of Study upon graduation. They present on using creativity to enhance understanding and reduce anxiety around mathematics; inviting student culture into the classroom community, the importance of movement in the classroom, and many other topics surrounding inclusion and modified curriculum for varying abilities.
There. Everywhere. Before heading into the world to teach, allow the world to teach you—a language, a culture, a new way of communicating. Emmanuel offers more than 500 study abroad programs to 65+ countries, with lessons to be learned in each.
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SAINTS ABROAD
Molly Cartier ’16 CURRENTLY: Eighth Grade Math Teacher, Nettle Middle School, Haverhill, MA MAJORS: Secondary Education and Mathematics PRACTICUM: Seventh and Eighth Grade, Amos A. Lawrence School, Brookline, MA
AMIE KNOWLES ’20 During her sophomore year, Amie studied abroad in Rome through AIFS, where she jumped at a volunteer opportunity to teach English at a local primary school, Regina Margherita—and learned to connect with her education major in a new way. With no experience in the Italian language, Amie was placed in a class of 20 to 30 third graders who spoke just as little English. “Right away I realized how much of a challenge the language barrier would be,” she said. “I knew I had to find unique ways to teach the students and communicate with the teacher.” With a little practice, Amie and her students began to create their own learning language using pictures, hand gestures and Google Translate. “Lessons became kind of like games of charades,” she said. “We found enjoyment within the vocabulary lessons. They would correct me on my Italian, and I would correct them on their English. I developed a new appreciation of education during this time, because it showed me you can learn just as much from your students as your students learn from you.”
“On my last day, I decided to say my goodbyes in Italian. I wanted the students to see how much they helped me grow as an Italian speaker. This experience gave me a deeper understanding of life after college and of myself as a future educator. I found a new love for my major in an unexpected place, 4,089 miles away.”
RESEARCH: “From Finland to America: An Analysis of the PISA (Programme for International Student Assessment) in terms of Stratification in Education” Molly received an Emmanuel College Travel Fellowship for Advanced Study to observe public schools in Finland after studying curricula from around the world and finding that the Nordic country consistently ranks at the top in test scores and other criteria.
Samantha Morrill ’15 CURRENTLY: First-Grade Teacher, Wilmington School of the Arts, Wilmington, NC MAJOR: Elementary Education PRACTICUM: Third Grade, William H. Lincoln School, Brookline, MA As a student, Samantha traveled the world through Semester at Sea’s Atlantic Exploration voyage. Since graduating, she has continued her travels, serving as a teacher in Bangkok, Thailand; Stockholm, Sweden; Quepos, Costa Rica; and Beijing, China.
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A Glimpse I N T O T H E Curriculum
MANAGING THE CLASSROOM LEARNING ENVIRONMENT The ultimate goal for any teacher is an academically and socially productive classroom with focused, courteous students. This course is a study of different approaches to classroom management in grades 5-8 and 8-12, and will assist you in fostering your skills and techniques such as building relationships, setting rules and expectations, building a culture of mutual respect, focusing on strengths, encouraging initiative and addressing problematic behavior. You will develop competencies in various approaches to classroom management, as well as address questions concerning goals, curriculum, discipline, motivation and instructional method.
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E D U C AT I N G DIVERSE STUDENTS This course is designed to develop leaders who are equipped to address challenges to educational equity that are rooted in U.S. history and prevalent in the contemporary field of education. The course will use case studies to examine and respond to these issues of unequal access with attention to the historical and contemporary causes (financial inequality, unstable home environments, lack of mental health services, language barriers, etc.). You will be able to analyze and address these issues on the micro and macro levels and use an array of sources to inform particular challenges of educational practice. As a capstone project, you will work to identify an issue and create an initiative to achieve equality.
Kayla Balthazar ’20 MAJOR: Elementary Education As an Emmanuel undergrad, Kayla worked alongside Associate Professor of Education Christine Leighton and Kierstin Giunco ’17 on an award-winning project that increased the accessibility of representative texts in a fifthgrade classroom with the goal of deepening students’ reading engagement. After graduation, she joined fellow alum Giunco at OLPH Mission Grammar School, where she serves as a STEM teacher for grades 5 and 6. She returned to Emmanuel in fall 2021 to represent Mission Grammar in the School of Education’s Leadership Symposium on Building a Foundation of AntiRacist Practice.
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Using greater Boston as an extended classroom, students in Emmanuel’s School of Education have the opportunity for field-based teaching experiences (both pre-practicums and student-teaching practicums) in a wide variety of school settings (public, private, charter, pilot and Catholic), allowing for first-hand observation and engaging with learners from all cultures and with diverse instructional needs. If you’re looking to explore all opportunities available to education majors, Emmanuel’s Leslie Ferrick McCafferty Career Center has a designated career community for students interested in education and youth development, with specialized recruiting opportunities and events to build your networking skills—and your résumé.
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• Gain career insight and inspiration through alumni panels and networking events, such as our Education Pathways Panel, which brings representatives from organizations such as Boston Teacher Residency, BPS Teaching Fellowship, Breakthrough Collaborative, CityYear, College Advising Corps at Boston University, Match Education, Notre Dame Mission Volunteers, Uncommon Schools and more. • Meet dozens of top employers in one afternoon at our annual nonprofit internship and career fair. • Get face time with recruiters through our regular Recruiter Series, in which we bring employers such as the Boston Teacher Residency, Boston Partners for Education, Boston Public Schools and more to campus to talk internship and job opportunities. • Take advantage of our professional partnerships with regular offcampus events, such as the Massachusetts Educational Recruiting Consortium (MERC), a must-attend for education majors to learn about the more than 150 schools systems from across New England that participate in this event each year.
Reilly Pfirrmann ’22 MAJORS: Secondary Education and English When planning lessons for his semester student-teaching English at Madison Park Technical Vocational High School in Roxbury, Reilly wondered how to engage high school students in literature, particularly during a time of societal unrest. He took inspiration from his “American Voices” course at Emmanuel, teaching historical texts in the context of modern events and movements to show how the events and movements have influenced or been influenced by the written word.
“There are so many victories, big and small, every day. These students have taught me things I never could have learned in the classroom.”
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Lifelong Learning By one year after graduation, 100% of the School of Education Class of 2020 were either employed, enrolled in graduate school, or engaged in military service. These graduates are teaching in public, private and charter schools in seven different Massachusetts school districts, as well as at institutions in New York, Connecticut and Florida.
Our students are limited only by their ambition—take a look at the far-reaching effects of just a few of our recent graduates.
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E D U CAT I O N E D U CAT I O N A L ST U D I E S E L E M E N TA RY E D U CAT I O N M AT H E D U CAT I O N S E C O N DA RY E D U CAT I O N A RT B I O LO GY C H E M I S T RY E N G L I S H L I T E R AT U R E H I S TO RY M AT H E M AT I C S S PA N I S H The School of Education is also home to several graduate and professional programs:
4+1 P R O G R A M
(earn your graduate degree in just one year after earning your bachelor’s degree)
G R A D UAT E C E RT I F I CAT E S Instructional Technology for Educators Sheltered English Immersion
Master of Education (M.Ed.) with concentrations in licensure or research
Teaching Students with Moderate Disabilities
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