Do Your Student Teaching in England
For the past 25 years, Salem State students have enjoyed the unique opportunity of completing a half-practicum by student teaching at Bradford College in Yorkshire, England. The first half of the practicum is completed in the United States. Students in the program are supervised by faculty from both Salem State and Bradford Colleges.
Bradford College is an accredited program and satisfies licensing requirements at all levels:
- Early Childhood
- Elementary
- Middle School
- Secondary Education
The Student Teaching Abroad Program is offered each semester. Students enrolled in the program are placed in Local Authority Schools in Ilkley, England at both the primary and secondary levels. Housing is provided in Ilkley, a lovely Victorian village located in the moorlands of West Yorkshire.
Students have been placed in Beacon Schools, cited in Great Britain as exemplary models for excellence in achievement at the primary level and in secondary schools with international acclaim for innovative programs in technology. Student teachers have received recognition for curriculum development of Global Education projects implemented in their student teaching and honors research projects on comparative education with awards/grants from the Northeast Global Education Center.
The Yorkshire area provides a myriad of cultural and recreational activities. Explore castles, the walled city of York, Bolton Abbey, and Ripon Minster. The English literature lover will delight in the parsonage home of the Bronte sisters in nearby Haworth, while the nature lover can hike in the many footpaths in the moors. For the city person, Leeds, a major cosmopolitan city, offers theater, shopping, dining, and further study at universities, libraries, museums, and art galleries.
This program has been presented as an innovative model at professional conferences held throughout the United States and at world congresses in Australia and South Africa. The Student Teaching Program was also cited in the Australian Journal of Teacher Education as an exemplary program for internationalizing teacher education.
For Additional Information
Dr. Louise Swiniarski, Program Coordinator
978.542.6534
978.744.3404 (fax)
