Objectives of this website

The TQE website will provide information pertinent to prospective high school and community college students, in addition to current SIUC students, who may be interested in the teaching profession. Also, the website is aimed at becoming an additional resource for high school guidance counselors and academic advisors.

This website will:

	promote teaching at the middle grades level
	showcase the certification majors offered at SIUC
	highlight requirements for certification programs
	provide scholarship information
	provide education salary range
	list advanced educational degree programs
	provide links to other important websites

 

What is TQE?

The TQE Middle School Initiative Grant intended to assist faculty in improving their quality of teacher preparation for the middle grades. This is accomplished through faculty partnerships, the use of technology in the TEP classroom, increased opportunities for field experience, and educational improvements in the middle grades curriculum. The focus of this program is to promote excellence in middle school pre-service teachers through improved curriculum, technology, and field experiences.

The TQE Middle Grades Partnership is a consortium made up of community college faculty, university arts and science and education faculty, and middle grades teachers. The focus of the partnership is to co-create a content-rich, experience-based, standards-led middle grades teacher preparation program.

The design will embed improved teaching strategies, curriculum relevance, quality of clinical experiences, and alternative delivery methods for middle grades teacher preparation.