The mission of the Division of Education follows the mission of the collegeto ensure that teacher education candidates “seek holistic developmentthat leads to intellectual, ethical, spiritual, and service oriented lives. This includes providing a liberal arts curriculum along with content mastery courses and teaching pedagogy that maximize the diversity and creativity
essential to teacher education. Faculty professional involvement with candidates contributes to a learning environment that stimulates the life-long learning that undergirds teaching effectiveness. The Division manifests this concept by providing opportunities for candidates to continue learning as they progress through their programs of study. Courses are designed to help candidates to develop the knowledge, skills and dispositions that they will need to
work effectively with students in P-12 schools.

The conceptual framework for the Division of Education is described as “The Teacher: A Facilitator of Learning.” The teacher is a catalyst for learning to take place. He/She acquires the knowledge needed to transfer to thestudents, creates the climate for learning to take place, initiates activities that are meaningful to the students, and provides encouragement for student learning in P-12 schools. The coursework and performance based activities allow teacher candidates to enhance their abilities in these four areas such that they will be highly qualified effective teachers. The Division of Education at Miles College has designed programs of study that meet the needs of the teacher candidates in these four areas to prepare educators to work in P-12 schools:

1. Acquiring Knowledge
2. Creating a Climate for Learning
3. Initiating Meaningful Activities
4. Providing Encouragement