Education Department

Record Group

Identifier: RG14-07-EDUC

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

The Education Department is split into three series:

Series 1: Office Files Series 2: Courses, Curriculum, and Catalog Changes Series 3: Teaching Files

Series 1: Office Files contains three document boxes organized chronologically. The files include correspondences between instructors, memos to the students on programs, and teaching guides for the Teaching Certification Program.

Series 2: Courses, Curriculum, and Catalog Changes is part of a combined-file document box. The file contains catalog changes and schedules and is organized chronologically.

Series 3: Teaching Files is part of a combined-file document box. The files are orrganized alphabetically by instructors' last names. The files include professor-specfic syllabi and course materials such as examinations.

Dates

Creation: 1900-2010

Creator

College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, Mass.). Education Department (Organization)

Conditions Governing Access

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Conditions Governing Use

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Historical Note

The Education Department has been in the Holy Cross curriculum since the early 1900s, beginnning as a small department. The department held a course outside of the curriculum allowing students to work towards their Teaching Certifiction by the state.

Today, with an education minor students can dive deep into examining the processes of teaching and learning or focus on critically analyzing the cultural and programmatic aspects of schooling. Mentored by faculty who utilize their renowned scholarship to impact the local community, students complement coursework with related field-based experiences as early as their first year.

In addition to the education minor, the Department of Education offers a Teacher Education Program, which leads to an Initial license in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts at the secondary or middle school level. Students in this program are prepared to become highly effective, reflective, justice-seeking educators, whether actively teaching in a classroom, effecting policy or leading an education-related nonprofit.