The Education Department

The Education Department of Framingham State College strives to prepare its students for one of the worthiest and noblest of careers, the teaching profession. In order to achieve a high standard of excellence, the members of our Department encourage the development of teachers who value scholarship, integrity, commitment, and enthusiasm. We seek to encourage those students who demonstrate a sensitive, responsive, and caring attitude toward working with children. To meet the growing demands placed on the teaching profession, we cultivate the academic, social and emotional characteristics that we identify with highly competent and successful teachers. These characteristics include the ability to interact effectively with the complexities of schooling, to respond to developmental differences in learners, to employ a variety of materials and instructional methods, and to be effective and innovative leaders.

News and Announcements

May 21, 2009 The College's Licensure Hotline is now available year-round. The Licensure Officer is available to take calls on Thursdays from 4:00-5:30 pm. The Hotline number is 508-494-3886.

Education Student Named Valedictorian
The Education Department congratulates Taryne Murphy, 2009 Class Valedictorian. Taryne graduated with a major in Interdisciplinary Language Arts and a coordinate major in Elementary Education. She also participated in the College Honors Program. In her Honors Thesis Project, she examined language acquisition and second language learning. (May 2009)

Education Student Wins First Prize
The Education Department congratulates Lindsey Richard, Secondary Education (Art). Lindsey won First Prize in the Annual Juried Student Exhibition with her mixed media piece "Crudus Papilla Lorna". (May 2009)