FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 10, 2010
MEDIA CONTACT
Jo Kadlecek
Office of College Communications
978.867.4752
jo.kadlecek@gordon.edu
WENHAM, MA—Gordon’s
Graduate Education Department recently launched an Alumni Survey to
better understand what makes its teaching program so successful.
Completed surveys from 35 percent of its alumni proved that personal
mentoring was the biggest factor at 85 percent.
Additional
survey results indicated that the top reasons teachers decided to
further their career at Gordon’s Graduate Education Program were
personal attention, instruction, quality of faculty, course selection,
schedule flexibility and a safe campus (87 percent gave “excellent”
rating).
Many teachers also said regional cohort groups—which
offered intimate learning experiences among colleagues throughout
Boston’s North Shore—also played a role in their individual success.
Currently cohort programs are offered in the reading specialist,
moderate disabilities and education instruction areas.
“This
survey has reinforced for us many of the values we’ve placed on our
program. What inspires me most about our students is their commitment
level coupled with their passion to make positive change,” says Dr.
Janet Arndt, director of Graduate Education at Gordon. “Demands are
greater on society then ever before, and Gordon’s Grad Ed students
continue to inspire others to adapt new teaching methods.”
Gordon's
Graduate Education Program teaches critical thinking skills and quickly
applies the latest research in the classroom, which prepares educators
to better understand policy and practice and the relationships between
them.
The Gordon College Graduate Education Program partners
with the North Shore community in preparing teachers and leaders of
integrity, discernment, and effectiveness through rigorous scholarship
and personalized mentoring. It is dedicated to investigating the
highest critical standard of current research and educational theory
and providing a forum in which educational philosophies and practices
are synthesized, analyzed and evaluated.
“Our program also
meets all teaching standards required by the Commonwealth of
Massachusetts while integrating ethics reflective of Gordon’s Christian
heritage,” Arndt said. “Central to each classroom experience is a
commitment by professors to foster a culture of community and open
dialogue and engaging respectfully with the many cultures represented
in schools and society.”
Last spring, over 50 students received their master’s degrees in the 12th graduation class of the Graduate Education Program.
For more information please contact, 978.867.4322 or visit Graduate Education.
