The
School of Education at Brooklyn College prepares teachers, administrators,
counselors, and school psychologists to serve, lead and thrive in
the schools and agencies of this city and beyond. Through collaborative
action, teaching and research, we develop our students' capacities
to create socially just, intellectually vital, aesthetically rich
and compassionate communities that value equity and excellence,
access and rigor. We design our programs in cooperation with Liberal
Arts and Sciences faculties and in consultation with local schools
in order to provide our students with the opportunity to develop
the knowledge, proficiencies and understandings needed to work with
New York City's racially, ethnically and linguistically diverse
populations. We believe that teaching is an art that incorporates
critical self-reflection, openness to new ideas, practices and technologies,
and that focuses on the individual learner's needs and promotes
growth. Our collective work is shaped by scholarship and is animated
by a commitment to educate our students to the highest standards
of professional competence.