Boyce College Teacher Education Program

Follow Dr Tucker while she is serving in Alaska! This is the latest post and pictures!

Being in Anchorage last weekend was refreshment for my soul. I did everything from axe throwing with the district I work with to making new friends. Met the superintendent of the school and had a great time getting to know her. Being able to eat in a restaurant was great as well as seeing a really huge snowman and a reindeer that is actually someone’s pet. The big news is still the cold cold temperatures. -31 was the coldest I was in this week. And what do you do when it is so cold the trucks won’t start?? You bundle up as best you can and walk the half mile. Today it was a balmy 1 degree. But school continues. We did a great Science experiment and because Becky Tucker Howard sent a wonderful package the kids were introduced to cheese whiz and LOVED it! A wolf pack walked around the village and you can hear them on the other side of the river . We did have our third Bible study which made my week! Keep praying the hearts and minds of the village will be open.

Midterms are not always stressful in the TEP! We are loving Literature Circles today!

The vision of the BOYCE TEP is to prepare teacher candidates to be servant-leaders, equipped for the future of education in an ever-changing world. To this end, the TEP seeks to prepare teacher candidates:

-marked by servant-leadership towards all stakeholders

-who cultivate an environment of cooperation and collaboration

-consistently engage in reflection as a means of professional development

-who recognize the importance and value of teaching as a profession

Meet Emma Cann !!! 🍎❤️

Emma is a sophomore in the teacher education program here at Boyce College!

Emma’s favorite thing about TEP is:
“Learning how to cultivate excitement and genuine care for students in the classroom. Our program gets us in schools and teaching right away which grows my love for and confidence in teaching all the more!

I can’t wait to have my own classroom and be in these little kids’ lives! Children have just as many questions and emotions as adults, so its a heavy but joyful thought to come along side them in the name of Jesus!”

Thank you Emma for modeling a a faithful heart for the Lord both inside and outside the classroom!

WE LOVE TEP!!!

Today in our teaching math class we were able to present mini lessons. Students were able to practice teaching a lesson and hearing feedback from other students in the class. We are thankful for opportunities like these to grow and learn with our fellow classmates!

The primary mission of the Boyce Teacher Education Program is to provide Christ-centered quality teacher education, preparing the next generation of educators to be servant-leaders in private and public schools and on the mission field.

The TEP is designed to equip the servant-leader with the range of knowledge necessary for the profession of teaching, with the skills of teaching as recognized in the education profession, and with the dispositions of a servant-leader in a world of diversity.

It was a great day spending time with these new Boyce Bulldogs!

Welcoming the incoming new students of the Teacher Education Program!! We are so excited to start this year with you all!

Wow! So proud of our newest Boyce TEP graduates and where they are working this fall!
Callie Youngblood: MCM (Shelby County)
Mariah O'Malley: MCM (Shelby County)
Ethan Chaplin: Indian Trail Elementary (JCPS)
Rae Meador: Auborndale Elementary (JCPS)
Shelby Lyons: Wilt Elementary (JCPS)
Kayla Scott: Harmony Elementary (Shelby County)
Mary-Caroline Billings: Taylorsville Elementary
(Spencer County)
Rebecca Bennett: Second Presbyterian Weekday School
Hayley Johnson: Hellenic Classical Charter School (Brooklyn, NY)
Brianna Baker: Second Presbyterian Weekday School

Good Luck everyone! You all are amazing teachers and your students are going to be so blessed to have you in their classroom!

It’s officially two weeks till classes begin! We are excited to see all the returning TEP students again and we are looking forward to meeting and welcoming all the incoming students into the teacher education program!!

If you are an incoming teacher education major please comment below or tag an incoming freshman you know!! We are excited to meet you and praying for your transition here at Boyce!!

As the semester is coming to a close, we just want to congratulate everyone for all your hard work this semester!!
We are especially excited and proud of our future student teachers!! Thank you for being an example to all of us in TEP! We are excited for y’all as you adventure into next semester!