Why Education at HWS?

Every future teacher we graduate leaves these Colleges with a solid liberal arts education in his or her chosen subject, a rich repertoire of teaching strategies, and a teacher's craft that has been learned from gifted mentors and refined through years of part time experience teaching real children in real classrooms.  These graduates also learn to teach students to solve problems, to invent new knowledge, and to think for themselves.  They will know how to promote tolerance and respect for  differences -- of gender, race, class, and ability.

They will be trained in various means of resolving conflicts, of dealing with problems of substance abuse and family violence.  They will be conversant with research-based standards for teaching students to read, write, discuss, and calculate.

Our graduates enter a teaching profession that is inventing the future every day. Many of them have studied and worked in other countries, and many have taught in schools in other nations. These experiences always shed interesting light on our American schools, and some of the most lasting impressions are these: few school systems articulate the value of equity and diversity as ours do, or originality, or the ability to find answers to questions not yet asked. We have work to insure our actions reflect our beliefs. In short, American schools can still be revolutionary, and American teachers are daily called on to help students build a better society.

What Can I Do With This Degree?