Teacher Education

The faculty and staff in the Farrington College of Education & Human Development aspire to prepare and support all teacher candidates to promote effective, culturally sustaining teaching practices that will positively impact the students and communities they serve.  This vision will be enacted through: 

• Connecting theory to practice
• Supportive and positive relationships
• Acquisition and application of high leverage practices aligned with the CT Common Core of Teaching, with a focus on reflection and assessment toward continuous improvement
• Attention to social and emotional development focused on the whole person
• Shaping and fostering personal and professional teaching dispositions
• Sustained and supervised opportunities to practice teaching in school-based and community-based clinical settings

Teacher education at Sacred Heart University provides students with the opportunity to differentiate themselves in the field through various paths and options. Graduates will be prepared to teach and lead in any public or private school setting.

Programs Offered

• M.Ed. in Special Education
• M.Ed. in Literacy
• Sixth-Year Degree in Literacy (102/97) 
• Teacher Certification: Elementary & Secondary
• Teacher Certification: Special Education
• Five-Year Program (SHU undergraduates only)
• Interdisciplinary Studies
• Educational Studies Minor