If you are passionate about maka
difference in the life of a student or
maybe you want to shape the future of
future students than the Campbellsville
University School of Education,
maybe just for you.
I'm joined by Doctor Lisa Allen,
the Dean of the School of Educa.
So let's begin by talking about
how the school differentiates
itself from others.
Well, I think one of our primary
differentiating factors is thate
are faithbased university and ad
so in the school of education il
of our programs, teacher progra,
school counselor programs,
administrator programs,
we use a servant leadership mod.
And so all of our academics,
all of our coursework,
through all of that,
we are teaching our students to
meet the needs of the students n
their classrooms and the familis
in the schools utilizing the
model that Jesus said for us.
And so I believe that is a
big differentiating factor,
the experience and expertise that our
faculty bring to all of the coursework.
We do not hire faculty in the Sl
of Education who do not have puc
school experience as a teacher,
as a school counselor,
as a principal in in those
roles that they are teaching in,
they not only have theoretical knowledge
and 83% of our faculty have doctorates.
So what is the curriculum like?
How do you prepare students?
Well, our curriculum is,
you know,
they have classroom time where
they're the learning theory,
they're learning how to write lesson plans,
they're learning practical
applications within that classr.
But then at with every course they go
out into the schools and they practice.
There's a lot of hands on experience there.
Yes, it is a part of every clas.
So how does the program offer kd
of a a personalized touch?
You know,
our students come to us from all
over the state and and really
all over the United States.
In fact,
we have a lot of international students
here at Campbellsville and we to
incorporate that with our stude.
We try to bring in their streng.
We have a low student faculty r,
so we are able to get to know
our students very closely.
All of our faculty are advisorsd
they have the experience and thy
get to know the students so wel.
It's it's we are very much a
family in the school of educati.
And I bet because you have that
kind of smaller tight knit group
that you're able to really specialize things
to the students and cater things around them.
We have what we call grow Your n
programs and that is where we go into
a district and our administrato,
faculty partner with an administrator
within that district and the district
identifies leadership people tht
they want to have in leadershipn
their districts and they form a
cohort and all of the curriculum
is tailored to that district.
When when these administrators
are learning school law,
they are utilizing case studiest
actually took place in their district.
And this really is a Grow Your
Own initiative within districts.
It it's an opportunity for classified
staff to earn bachelor's degrees
at an advanced rate.
And we have partnered with many
surrounding districts and and have these
option 9 partnerships that are w
Your own and it's the same kind of thing.
You know,
we are meeting the needs not ony
of individual students,
but individual schools and
individual districts.
And I should say congratulations
for your National Council
of Teacher Quality award
getting a national recognition.
You have to be so proud of that.
Oh oh, we are we.
We were one of four universities
in Kentucky that received an A
rating for our reading instructn
program in our elementary educa.
We were very proud
of that. You guys have so much
to be proud of. Thank you for
taking us inside. Absolutely.
To get started, just go
to campbellsville.edu.