Teacher Education Program
Extending the Holy Cross tradition of developing teachers, the Teacher Education Program (TEP) prepares students in their vocation as teachers by offering secondary and middle school certification. Focusing on the study and practice of urban teaching, the program allows certain majors to learn to teach at the high and middle school level.
The curriculum includes not only course work in the academic field where students will seek a license, but also specially designed education courses that address knowledge and skills necessary for becoming a competent teacher.
Academic instruction is carefully integrated with field-based experience, including a semester of full-time intern teaching. The program’s experiential elements, including the teaching practica, occur within the Worcester Public Schools.
For those students interested in exploring urban education off-campus, the Urban Education Semester (UES) is an interdisciplinary academic immersion program open to sophomores and juniors. Some courses in UES can be used in the TEP.