Dr. Joseph Zimmer
Welcome to the St. Bonaventure School of Education website. St. Bonaventure has been involved in the preparation of educators since 1916. As a small, liberal arts university, we are particularly proud to have achieved accreditation from the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) in 2004.
We have committed ourselves to preparing future education professionals in as authentic an environment as possible. We offer Professional Development School (PDS) programs in all initial teacher certification and have built all of our programs around meaningful practicum experiences in our many partner schools in New York and Pennsylvania.
We believe you learn to be an effective education professional through extensive, supervised and structured experiences in the real world. We apply this same belief to our advanced master’s degree programs for teachers and to the preparation of school and community mental health counselors and school administrators.
We have high standards for admission to and retention in our programs, and our graduates are extremely competitive candidates after leaving St. Bonaventure. We have built our curricula around a conceptual framework that ties all coursework to a central core of competencies.
We provide value-added, ethically based programs that provide our degree candidates with competence in the form of knowledge in their field, experience in authentic environments of schools and agencies, and a commitment to social justice consistent with our Franciscan tradition.
Please explore this website to learn more. You may link directly to the pages listed at left to learn more about the program that interests you. You may also contact any of our program directors with specific questions.
I am proud of the quality programs we offer and invite you to join us on a Journey to Excellence!