{"id":52013,"date":"2022-05-01T15:48:40","date_gmt":"2022-05-01T19:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=52013"},"modified":"2022-05-26T11:02:49","modified_gmt":"2022-05-26T15:02:49","slug":"emu-celebrates-five-teachers-of-promise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2022\/emu-celebrates-five-teachers-of-promise\/","title":{"rendered":"EMU celebrates five Teachers of Promise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Five education<\/a> students from 草莓社区 (EMU) were chosen to attend the 2022 Teachers of Promise Institute, which was held March 25-26 in Midlothian, Va. The annual event provides professional development, mentor discussions, and networking opportunities for 100 of the best and brightest pre-service teachers in Virginia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n EMU\u2019s Teachers of Promise this year are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The honorees \u201cexemplify strong potential for impacting students in the classroom, high academic standing, commitment to the teaching profession, and embody EMU\u2019s teacher education mission to \u2018teach boldly in a changing world through an ethic of care and critical reflection,\u2019\u201d said program director and professor of education Cathy Smeltzer Erb.<\/strong> \u201cThis is a delightful group of honorees. I am confident that these future teachers will positively influence the lives of each student in their classrooms as they create and advocate for just and equitable learning environments.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Professor Barbara Wheatley <\/strong>is the students\u2019 teacher education faculty advisor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n EMU\u2019s education program values experiential learning, offering early practicum experiences that help candidates determine their professional path. Teacher candidates choose from 15 different licensure programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The teacher education program is National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) accredited through the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation<\/a> (CAEP).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Five education students from 草莓社区 (EMU) were chosen to attend the 2022 Teachers of Promise Institute, which was held March 25-26 in Midlothian, Va. The annual event provides ... read more about EMU celebrates five Teachers of Promise<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52014,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17562,5594,6394],"tags":[],"feature":[17427,17426,17241],"class_list":["post-52013","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-digest","category-education","category-ma-in-education","feature-emu-home-page-feature","feature-myemu-feature","feature-news-feature"],"yoast_head":"\n