If you’re wondering, “What is this place all about?  How is it different from other residence halls?   Who are all these faculty people?  And what am I doing here?”, that’s good. 

Within the first few weeks at BGSU, you may hear a few cheesy phrases repeated over and over:  “You’re about to embark on an exciting new journey,” and “Take advantage of the opportunities that are available to you here,” and “Get involved!”  These phrases are corny and overused and we’ve all pretty much heard enough of them.  But that doesn’t mean they’ve stopped being true. . .

The Partners in Context and Community Residential Learning Community program is a unique creation for education majors, interested in teaching grades 4-12, modeled on the Chapman Learning Community.  It is a place where 3 different departments in the College of Education along with various other departments in other disciplines come together with approximately 50 education majors and have ample opportunities to interact with each other, both in and outside of the classroom.  The faculty have offices in the residence hall.  They share a love of teaching and learning, a desire to get to know their students, and a craving for constant personal growth.  The students share a common desire to teach students in high need schools and become to the best teachers they can be.

Throughout the year, you will have unique opportunities as part of your involvement in the PCC program. You will get to know other students in your field that live on your residence floor and share your desire to teaching in an urban setting. You will also meet and get to know faculty members as instructors, mentors, and friends.  You will participate in, and sometimes lead exploratory field experiences, activities, social events, discussions, both on and off campus.  You will learn, change, and grow. 

By being involved planning, and development of the PCC program, you can be sure the program is what you want it to be. 

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What’s the point of PCC?  What are we trying to accomplish?

The mission of the PCC program can be boiled down to a few basic ideas, which define who we are and how we operate.  We are dedicated to improving teacher quality, academic excellence, mutual respect, and enriching our environment.  We are a tightly knit community of students, staff, teachers, and administrators committed to growing and learning together.  We provide opportunities for students to learn inside small classes devoted to communication and collaboration between faculty and students, and then extending this learning out of the classroom through field trips, hands-on projects, and service learning projects. 

The PCC Mission Statement and Goals

We’ve included our Mission Statement because it identifies a very core part of who and what we are.  We will probably rewrite and modify this accordingly throughout the years.  Mission statements describe where a group is headed and they capture the spirit and essence of the group.  But mission statements can and do change.  If you think PCC needs to modify this or have ideas, let us know!

We are a diverse residential community of education majors striving to improve teacher quality, academic excellence, mutual respect and our learning environment. We have fun while working collaboratively to build our community and the future of PCC. We offer:

• An innovative program in learning how to be a teacher that uses the best known teaching methods
• Small classes and a low student to teacher ratio, guaranteeing students the opportunity to build meaningful connections with their teachers
• Cooperative decision making that integrates individual, educational, and community goals
• Social and academic activities like dancing, camping and canoe trips, plays and films, group dinners, skit nights, panel discussions and debates, intramural sports
• Opportunities for learning through community service and field experiences in high need urban schools
• A college experience with friends that can last a lifetime

 Goals

• To encourage and enhance interaction between students in order to increase academic achievement and develop social, team, and leadership skills.
• To encourage and enhance interaction between students and faculty in student’s education field as well as subject and content fields and with school teachers and administrators
• To allow students to have opportunities to work as tutors or teachers in high need urban schools to get a better understanding of what teaching is about
• To increase the effectiveness and value of education by linking courses and teaching them with the best teaching methods and using practically applying this in the world outside of the classroom.

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