Education
About the Education Program
- More than 20 certification programs at the graduate and undergraduate levels approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE)
- Dual Certification in Elementary Education and Early Childhood Education.
- Starting Fall 2010 dual certification at the B.A. in Education level under new certification guidelines
- Add-on certification through five-year 3+2 programs (combined B.A. plus master's degree) in Special Education; Environmental Education; Literacy Education/Reading Specialist and/or ESL; Technology Education; Library Science
- Secondary certification in Biology, Chemistry, General Science, Mathematics, Social Studies, and English
Additional certification in Art Education (K-12)
- Opportunities to major in middle school education program starting Fall 2010
- Partnerships with more than 20 urban and suburban school districts as well as schools in other countries
- Extensive, integrated and supervised fieldwork opportunities beginning in the freshman year and into the senior year
- Student teaching in urban, suburban and international sites
- Opportunities to study abroad at some of the top universities around the world
- Institutional grants to collaborate with faculty on research and opportunities to present at regional, national, and international conferences
- Membership opportunities in honorary societies such as Kappa Delta Pi International Education Honorary Society in Education and Phi Kappa Phi Arcadia University Honor Society
- Student memberships in state and local professional education organizations such as the Pennsylvania State Education Association
Leadership and recognition: Arcadia University has been awarded state grants from the Pennsylvania Department of Education's Division of Special Education to train teachers statewide in inclusive practices at the Arcadia Annual Inclusion Institute. The Pennsylvania Department of Education and the National Science Foundation awarded Arcadia major funding to train special educators and secondary English, social studies, science, and mathematics educators. Arcadia has been recognized and funded for its work in developing Professional Development Schools through the Rubinstein Foundation and the Philadelphia Education Fund, and the University is recognized for its work in the teaching of writing to students through the "Young Writers Project," funded by the Rubinstein Foundation and Cliveden of the National Trust. More.
Faculty
- Professors: Dr. Christina L. Ager, Dr. Peter M. Appelbaum, Dr. Bette P. Goldstone, Dr. Jeffrey Shultz, Dr. Ellen Skilton-Sylvester
- Associate Professors: Dr. Steven P. Gulkus (Chair), Dr. Leif Gustavson, Dr. Margaret J. Hickman, Dr. Deborah Pomeroy (Emeritus), Dr. Tanya Santangelo
- Assistant Professors: Dr. Foram Bhukanwala, Dr. Jodi Bornstein, Dr. Erica Davila, Dr. Kim Dean, Dr. Mary Hornyak, Dr. Erik Nelson, Dr. Julia Plummer, Dr. Cynthia K. Reedy (visiting Assistant Professor), Dr. Graciela Slesaransky-Poe
- School Collaboration Staff: Dr. Jane Duffy, Director of Fieldwork and Student Teaching; Joe Heron, Assistant Director of School Collaborations; Christine Miller, Assistant to the Director of Fieldwork and Student Teaching
- Instructors: Dr. Jane A. Duffy, Dr. Doug Sauber, Dr. Kathy A. Trainor, Dr. Kathy Wirth
