Teach21

Teach21 is the name we've given to the Bush-funded transformations of our teacher education programs and the process in which we are engaged for the purpose of comprehensively improving Winona State University’s teacher preparation programs. WSU -- along with the 13 other institutional members of the Bush Foundation-funded Network for Excellence in Teaching (NExT) -- has made the commitment to organize this process around four "pillars": Recruitment, Preparation, Placement and Support.  All of the work done in the four pillars will be measured for the purpose of continued program improvement.

Teach21 is the process in which our College of Education and Professional Education Unit are engaged to achieve these commitments.  It is predicated on our Statement of Core Beliefs, that we exist to prepare "professionals to continuously improve birth-to-grade student learning in 21st century schools."  Our partnerships with Birth-Grade 12 professionals are central to how we plan, implement, lead and establish accountabilities for Teach21.