Begin Your Journey | First Year
Pursue Community | Second Year
Pursue Hospitality | Third Year
Pursue Calling | Fourth Year
Pursue Wisdom |
| Intellectual | - Meet the faculty during Wildcat Week
- Develop research skills in Cornerstone (CORE 110)
- Explore the life of Jesus and the New Testament church in BIBL 101 and 102
- Attend faculty office hours
| - Support your peers by attending ACU's URCI Festival
- Attend an information session about the M.Ed. in Teaching and Learning
- Explore the Old Testament in BIBL 211
| - Engage in a faculty-mentored research or creative project
- Participate in information literacy workshop in the library
- Attend a Senior Teacher Education Showcase session
- Consider applying to the ACU M.Ed. in Teaching and Learning 4+1 master's program
| - Present at URCI Festival or other conference
- Complete your Capstone course
- Present your Senior Teacher Education Showcase
- Attend the M.Ed. in teaching and Learning Action Research presentations
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| Spiritual | - Experience Candlelight Devo during Wildcat Week
- Join a local Church
- Engage in practices of meal fellowship, testimony and breath prayer
- Participate in department chapel
| - Participate in Chapel
- Volunteer in the Abilene community in a local children's or youth ministry
- Participate in the life of a local church
- Reflect on how the Christian virtue of hospitality supports inclusive professional practices
- Earn an education elective credit (EDUC 312: Practicum in Guidance and Development) by spending your summer working in an established ministry or education setting serving children
- Engage in practices of intercessory prayer, pilgrimage and journaling
| - Participate in Chapel
- Participate in the life of a local church
- Gain hands-on ministry experience on a Global Service Trip
- Engage in practices of silence, spiritual listening and examen
- Integrate your growing professional knowledge with Christian spiritual formation (BIBM 439: Teaching and Learning for Spiritual Formation, BIBM 434, 435 and 492)
- Serve as a volunteer with local youth
| - Participate in Chapel
- Engage in a local church
- Receive and extend blessings to others at Senior Blessing
- Experience Candlelight Sendoff
- Engage in practices of friendship, relinquishment and developing a rule of life
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| Personal |
| - Exercise in the Rec Center and/or Play Intramurals
- Participate in a Student Organization
- Self assess using ACU Teacher Education Dispositions Rubric and identify areas for personal growth
| - Serve in a Leadership Role on Campus
- Lead in a Church Ministry or Local Service Organization
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| Cultural | - Attend Events Hosted by the Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA)
- Explore the opportunities of Study Abroad
- Participate in World Wide Witness Summer Internship
| - Attend Events Hosted by the International Students Association (ISA)
- Study Abroad in Oxford, Leipzig or Montevideo
- Explore the cultural diversity of today's classrooms in EDUC 211
- Reflect on your current understanding of culture and the impact of diversity in today's classrooms
| - Attend Events Hosted by the Carl Spain Center on Race Studies and Spiritual Action
- Attend special Teaching as Missions Chapel presentations
| - Support English learners in your future classroom in EDUC 476
- Apply to Fulbright Scholar, AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, Intercultural Service Opportunity
- Reflect on Personal Growth in Culturally Responsive Teaching
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| Professional | - Explore career possibilities by completing PathwayU
- Activate your Handshake profile
- Participate in Creative U
| - Apply to the ACU Teacher Education Program and become an official candidate for Texas teacher certification
- Set your personal account with the Texas Education Agency
- Shadow a classroom
- Seek professional learning experiences
- Attend the ACU Teacher Education Alumni in Action Conference
- Attend the Morlan Award Dinner
| - Attend the ACU Teacher Education Alumni in Action Conference
- Be in attendance of the Morlan Award Dinner
- Participate in the interdisciplinary simulation of the special education ARD Process
- Engage in public school classrooms
- Experience the Teacher Education Program Completion Orientation
- Apply for Graduate School
| - Attend the ACU Teacher Education Alumni in Action Conference
- See you at the Morlan Dinner
- Present your Senior Showcase
- Earn your Google Level II Certification
- Build your own Google Site
- Complete the ACU August Experience
- Complete a full semester of Clinical Teaching
- Finalize your Resume'
- Secure letters of Recommendation
- Apply for Jobs
- Apply for Teacher Certification by state
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