Welcome to the School of Education
From Michael J. Padilla, Director of the School of Education and Associate Dean for Educational Collaboration
Moore Teacher and Principal Fellows: Innovation in the School of Education
There are so many exciting initiatives happening in The Eugene T. Moore School of Education! We have been engaged in a yearlong process to develop a renewed vision for our next 10 years, which will extend through the year 2020. We are dedicating ourselves to:
- Enhanced candidate preparation,
- Greater graduate impact on P-20 students, and
- Increased connectivity with schools, agencies and communities.
The major School initiative at the heart of our work is the establishment of the Moore Teacher and Principal Fellows Program. We will select a group of students from our undergraduate and graduate programs, provide them with an innovative set of immersive experiences, and inspire them to become the leaders for a new era in education. We believe that creating such a program and naming it after Eugene T. Moore will not only establish the School on the cutting edge of professional preparation, but also will honor the Moore legacy within the state of South Carolina.
Moore Teacher and Principal Fellows must possess the knowledge and skills to lead, the commitment and moral impetus to act, and the courage and resilience to impact change and academic success. Major Features of Moore Teacher and Principal Fellows Program include the following. We will:
- Implement a competitive selection process – Selection will be competitive, comprehensive, and multifaceted to ensure program success.
- Base Program on establ models – The best practices from Clemson’s Call Me MISTER© program and the Calhoun Honors College will be used.
- Utilize Immersive Experiences – Strong clinically-based experiences will be at the core of the Program.
- Partner with schools and others - Collaboration with our school, community, and business partners is necessary and will require establishing new ways of working together to accomplish goals of mutual interest.
- Connect research to initiatives – Research is foundational for program success, both for determining program features and for assessing what works and why.
Please stayed tuned and connected as we report our next steps in this innovative process. Feel free to contact me at padilla@clemson.edu for further information.