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Mission Statement
The
mission of the Teacher Development Center (TDC) is to assist
students to develop the knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed to
be highly qualified future teachers and other school leaders and
personnel in licensure and non-licensure professions. A major task is
to prepare for the Test of Academic Proficiency in Basic Skills
(Reading Comprehension, Mathematics, Language Arts, & Writing), the
Illinois Content Area Examinations, and the Assessment of Professional
Teaching (APT) Examination as required by the Illinois State Board of
Education (ISBE) and adminstered by the Illinois Certification Testing
System.
In addition, the Teacher
Development
Center (formerly known as the Teacher's Writing Center (TWC) and later
as the Teacher's Writing and Resource Center (TWRC) which is funded by
the Teacher Quality Enhancement
Project) works to integrate
language skills across the curriculum for all Education students (and
alumnae)
in their preparation for teaching. The Center uses competent
individuals to tutor students for all writing
needs, including English entrance exams, research papers, critiques,
lesson
plans, summaries, theses, resumes, and letters. Oral
language support is also given, as well as tutoring in mathematics and
reading & literacy.
Basic Skills Workshop Courses
(five-weeks) are offered in Reading & Literacy and in Mathematics.
The Reading & Literacy course integrates the Reading, Language Arts
& Writing standards. Classes are also instructed in basic research
papers
and
bibliographical style. Along with these services, a computer lab allows
use of computer-assisted
instruction, processing and printing of papers, Internet research, and
access to
other University services.
The Teacher Development Center
falls
under the supervision of the College of Education Assistant
Dean for Professional
Education
&
Development
Services.
Members of
the CTC/CSU Alumni Association are welcome to use our services, as
space is available.
To ask a question about our
services,
email us at teacher @ csu.edu.
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