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  Department Description:

  Opportunities for students to serve children and adolescents while simultaneously developing and fine-tuning teaching skills during clinical field experiences which occur during each phase of the program. More specifically, the education department provides learning experiences that prepare students to achieve the following learning outcomes:
  • understand the central concepts, tools of inquiry, and structures of the disciplines taught and be able to create learning experiences that make these aspects of subject matter meaningful for students
  • understand how students learn and develop and must provide learning opportunities that support a student’s intellectual, social and personal development
  • understand how students differ in their approaches to learning and create instructional opportunities that are adapted to students with diverse backgrounds and exceptionalities
  • understand and use a variety of instructional strategies to encourage student development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills
  • use an understanding of individual and group motivation and behavior to create learning environments that encourage positive social interaction, active engagement in learning, and self-motivation
  • use knowledge of effective verbal, nonverbal, and media communication techniques to foster active inquiry, collaboration, and supportive interaction in the classroom
  • be able to plan and manage instruction based upon knowledge of subject matter, students, the community, and curriculum goals
  • understand and be able to use formal and informal assessment strategies to evaluate and ensure the continuous intellectual, social, and physical development of the student
  • be a reflective practitioner who continually evaluates the effects of choices and actions on others, including students, parents, and other professionals in the learning community and actively seeks out opportunities for professional growth
  • be able to communicate and interact with parents or guardians, families, school colleagues, and the community to support student learning and well-being. (Department description from the Education department in the 2015-2016 Concordia course catalog. The business education program at present is to train students to teach business classes at the high school level.)

  Department Head:
  
  
   

  Darrell W. Stolle who earned his Bachelor of Arts, Master of Education degree, and Ed.D.

  Other Faculty: No other faculty was recorded in the Concordia College 2015 course catalog.

  Majors and Minors Offered:

  Only a Major in Business Education is offered

  Sampling of courses Taught: 

  • International Financial Management
  • Hedging and Risk Management 
  • Principles of Marketing and Sales

  Classes are held in the Offutt School of Business

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  Department Description:

  The mission of the department of education is to prepare caring, competent, and qualified teachers who act in the best interests of the students they serve. In working to become a professional educator, students will develop knowledge and skills in the areas of child/adolescent learning and development, pedagogical content knowledge, classroom management, and classroom ecology all within the context of a high quality liberal arts education. The teacher education program is guided by firm commitment to the idea of service to others, and provides many opportunities for students to serve children and adolescents while simultaneously developing and fine-tuning teaching skills during clinical field experiences which occur during each phase of the program. (Taken from the 2015-2016 Concordia College Course Catalog)

  Department Head:

  
  Dr. Darrell Stolle is the current department chair of the Education Department. He has received his Bachelor of Arts, Master of Education, and Doctorate of Education degrees.

  Other Faculty:

  • Susan P. Ellingson
  • Cassandra L. Glynn
  • Debra M. Grosz
  • Patricia K. Gulsvig
  • Marilyn J. Guy
  • Teri J. Langlie
  • Karla J. Smart-Morstad
  • Sara B. Triggs
  • Barbara J. Witteman
  • Michael D. Wohlfeil

  Majors and Minors Offered:

  • Major in Education (with a subject concentration)

  Sampling of Courses Taught:

  • American Education in a Diverse World
  • Teaching in the Middle School
  • Communication Arts in the K-6 Classroom
  • Methods of Teaching in Art: Elementary and Secondary

  Classes are held in the Old Main Building.