The program is delivered through both a traditional day program offered on the Midway campus and an evening-weekend program for non-traditional students offered at various sites across Kentucky in partnership with the community colleges.

With a conceptual framework based on a constructivist, multicultural approach and centered on the theme Teachers: Professional Leaders Making a Difference, Midway prepares graduates as teacher leaders who can meet the nine Kentucky New Teacher Standards required of all Kentucky teachers as well as a Midway standard:

• NTS 1 Designs/Plans Instruction
• NTS 2 Creates/Maintains Learning Climate 
• NTS 3 Implements Instruction 
• NTS 4 Assesses Instruction
• NTS 5 Reflects/Evaluates Teaching and Learning
• NTS 6 Collaborates with Parents, Colleagues, Others
• NTS 7 Engages in Professional Development
• NTS 8 Knowledge of Content
• NTS 9 Implementation of Technology

Midway College Teacher Standard 10 : The teacher demonstrates leadership dispositions through a deepening knowledge of self and the ability to think critically, solve problems and act decisively; and a commitment to cultural values, attitudes and diversity.

MCTS 10.1 The teacher leader initiates and supports positive educational change.

MCTS 10.2 The teacher leader demonstrates skills of a reflective educational leader who perceives both self and others as empowered.

MCTS 10.3 The teacher leader commits to a deepening understanding of human diversity.

MCTS 10.4 The teacher leader seeks and continually refines teaching practices that communicate high expectations and generate enriched learning for all students.

MCTS 10.5 The teacher leader promotes student learning through knowledge construction rather than lecture and teacher-talk.

MCTS 10.6 The teacher leader collaborates in critical thinking for the purpose of instructional improvement

Midway College Teacher Education Division
512 E. Stephens Street
Midway, KY 40347

(859) 846-5808

asizemore@midway.edu