CGU began preparing teachers in 1925 and adopted the internship model in 1954. In 1986, Dorman Commons, chair of the Blue Ribbon Commission on the Teaching Profession, pointed to the CGU program as the model for the future of teacher preparation in California. In part, we do this by first affirming that a true multicultural curriculum is not one that includes multiculturalism but is multicultural. Through its curriculum and recruitment of students and faculty, the Teacher Education Internship Program, alongside The Institute for Education in Transformation, strives to develop a transcultural pedagogy that will encourage all citizens to develop multiple world view. We believe collective action, such as this, by all California educators can ultimately transform the education of California citizenry so that we may all recognize, celebrate and learn from our cultural and linguistic differences.
Vitality exists in difference.
The internship program is grounded in an experiential view of learning. Course work and teaching experience are carefully interwoven so that theory and practice grow synergistically. The course work itself integrates practical and theoretical knowledge. Interns learn by participating in the same kinds of collaborative interactions and strategies they will use with their own students. Understand how teachers and students actively create new meanings in the classroom environment.