Mission Statement - Trinity Baptist College

Trinity Baptist College is known for its practical approach in a student’seducation. The education department is no exception. The goal is toprepare teachers who can go into the Christian classroom and perform theirduties with knowledge, expertise, and warm-hearted service. The educationdepartment sees “Specialist in the Ministry” in the fi eld of education as ateacher that can take any curriculum, any facility, any student and, withGod’s guidance, bring about an admirable teaching situation.ObjectivesDivision of Education1. To give the student a thorough working knowledge of the Bible as God’spreserved Word.2. To help the student to know and believe by conviction basic Bibledoctrines.3. To implant as fully as possible a thoroughly Christian philosophy of lifeand education within the heart and mind of the student.4. To build a thorough, well-rounded academic base to qualify theeducation student to be worthy of the title “teacher.”5. To help the student to understand the developing child so as to meethis educational needs.6. To put into the student’s hands effective tools for teaching, applying,and evaluating knowledge.7. To provide enough practical experience during the period of academictraining so that the student can be assured of his desire to serve as ateacher and not be a novice to the classroom upon graduation.Every education major will spend some time in the elementary or secondaryclassroom every semester of his curricular program.Secondary Education students will select two teaching fields with either twomajor areas (English, Math, Science, Social Studies, Special Education)or a major and a minor (Business, French, Music, Physical Education,Spanish).Any student choosing a Bachelor of Science degree in Secondary Educationwith music as a teaching fi eld must take a diagnostic music test prior tobeing offi cially accepted in that program.61