CITES Overview

Established in 1996, the Center for the Improvement of Teacher Education and Schooling is the operational arm of the BYU-Public School Partnership, serving to facilitate the goals and objectives of the partnership. CITES resides in the David O. McKay School of Education and has as its central purpose, the improvement of teacher education and schooling. Through its three divisions: Professional Development, Educational Support, and Education Research, the Center serves the needs of the three entities which comprise the BYU-PSP, which are listed in the section below.

Brigham Young University-Public School Partnership

The Partnership was formed in 1984 and is a collaborative effort between three entities:

• Five public school districts of Alpine, Jordan, Nebo, Provo, and Wasatch

• The McKay School of Education

• And those colleges at BYU responsible for secondary teacher education.

The foundational principle of the Partnership states that the improvement of public education requires teacher training institutions and public school collaboration in order to simultaneously improve teacher education and K-12 student learning. The Partnership functions under the direction of a governing board comprised of the five district superintendents and the dean of the McKay School. A variety of Partnership initiatives and programs focus on improving professional development, grants and funding, and research and publications.

CITES Leaders Associates Readings January 2012

• Introduction

• Ethics and the Quest for Wisdom chapter 3

• Ethics and the Quest for Wisdom

• Humanities

• Leaders Associates intro to Robert Kane

 

Educator Preparation Program

The Partnership collaborates with the Educator Preparation Program (EPP) to prepare undergraduate secondary teaching majors or minors. The EPP is BYU’s accreditation unit for teacher preparation. The program consists of the McKay School and eight other BYU colleges (comprising 26 departments).