The mission of the CWRU educator preparation unit is to prepare Proactive Scholar-Practitioners who demonstrate skill in instructional planning, delivery, and assessment, and dispositions consistent with the principles of commitment, collaboration, and creativity.
Teacher licensure at Case Western Reserve University is offered through the College of Arts and Sciences, which is the academic home of the departments that prepare CWRU students to become teachers.
Implementing a curriculum that reflects the most recent knowledge, research and evidence-based recommendations for teacher prearation is at the core of CWRU's teacher licensure programs. Central to this knowledge base are the national standards for teacher education developed by the Interstate Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (InTASC). These national standards, which integrate Ohio's Standards for the Teaching Profession, form the foundation of our programs and are threaded throughout courses and field experiences. Our programs' outcomes are based on these national InTASC standards:
- Learner Development
- Learning Differences
- Learning Environments
- Content Knowledge
- Innovative Applications of Content
- Assessment
- Planning for Instruction
- Instructional Strategies
- Reflection and Continuous Growth
- Collaboration
One of the more unique aspects of the teacher education programs at CWRU involves the partnerships created with area institutions. Students seeking the high school teaching license(grades7-12) in English, History, French, Mathematics, Biology, Physics, Chemistry,Spanish, or Latin paticipate in the Case Western Reserve University/John
Carroll University Collaborative Program. Taking courses at CWRU
and John Carroll University, students complete the requirements for State licensure in their preferred area. Degrees in these programs are awarded by Case Western Reserve University and licensure is recommended through John
Carroll University.
The programs in art and music education, which include graduate and undergraduate degrees are offered in cooperation with two prestigious University Circle institutions- the Cleveland Institute of Art, and the Cleveland Institute of Music .
Teacher licensure programs at Case Western Reserve University are approved by the Ohio Department of Education and the Ohio Board of Regents, and lead to teaching licenses, which are recognized by over 40 states. In addition, the National Association of Schools of Music (NASM) accredits the music education program.
Completion of a Case Western Reserve University program in education does not ensure that an Ohio teaching license will be awarded. The Ohio Department of Education also requires that licensure candidates achieve passing scores on the PLT (Principles of Learning and Teaching) and Content Area subsets of the Praxis II Examination, a test used nationally as part of the teacher licensure process. In addition, applicants must pass criminal background checks by the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and the FBI.