The School of Education

Mission of the School of Education as an Educator Preparation Provider

The mission of the School of Education at Queens College is to offer progressive education, preparing the next generation of educators to become leading citizens in an increasingly global, pluralistic, and inclusive society. The School of Education is guided by the shared commitment of its faculty to promote the core values of Equity, Excellence, and Ethics.

• Foster inclusive communities that nurture and challenge all learners (Equity).
• Demonstrate professionalism, scholarship, self-efficacy, and the use of evidence-based and reflective practices (Excellence).
• Embrace diversity, democracy, and social justice (Ethics).

These values serve as the foundation for the School of Education’s Conceptual Framework, which centers around social justice, diversity, equity, inclusion, and advocacy. All programs are dedicated to developing and ensuring that every student embodies and reflects these Core Values, creating a unified approach across various disciplines and specialty certification areas. While the School of Education houses the majority of educator programs for initial teacher certification, there are programs located in other Schools across the college. These programs include initial certification programs in physical education, music education, family and consumer sciences, school library media, speech language pathology, and teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL). These programs, together with those that reside in the School of Education, define the School of Education as an Educator Preparation Provider, or EPP.