2024 Teachers of Promise
“Becoming a Hood College Teacher of Promise showed me that hard work and persistence pay off. If you can dream it, you can do it.”
Hood College develops exceptional teachers who have a strong foundation in content, theories of teaching and learning, and teaching methods. Our education programs are grounded in the sciences and liberal arts. Programs include elementary education/special education, early childhood education, and secondary education. The small class sizes provide an opportunity to build strong relationships with professors, develop a sense of community with other education students, and make connections between course content and actual preK- through 12th grade classrooms.
Our faculty are active in national professional organizations and in local schools as supervisors of teacher candidates. Faculty also serve as consultants for a variety of organizations and conduct research across multiple disciplines, including mathematics, science, literacy, and special education. Our full-time faculty all have doctoral degrees, considerable experience in the field of education, and content-area expertise.
Teacher candidates develop and teach lessons, assess student growth, and differentiate instruction to meet student needs. As a capstone project, they create an exit folio to showcase their learning and accomplishments. The exit folio is a tool that teacher candidates can then use in job interviews after graduation.
We believe that the education department at Hood College prepares educators who:
We believe that education is a scholarly pursuit, a science, an art, and a profession. Quality education is a fundamental right of every child and well-prepared educational professionals are integral to the success of students and society as a whole. To this end, the Education Department at Hood College strives to prepare and support future and current educators who are experts in both content and pedagogy, and responsive to meeting the diverse needs of every student. Our programs aspire to develop reflective practitioners who continually improve their practice and advocate for the value of education.
The mission of the Education Department at Hood College is to prepare future and current educational professionals with the knowledge, skills, strategies and dispositions necessary to facilitate learning in a diverse society.
“Becoming a Hood College Teacher of Promise showed me that hard work and persistence pay off. If you can dream it, you can do it.”
The education programs at Hood College are thriving. Hood maintains close partnerships with Frederick, Howard and Montgomery County Public Schools. In classrooms across Maryland and beyond, Hood alums lead successful careers as teachers and administrators. This year, three graduates of the educational leadership program received high honors for their dedication to students.
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