Alcorn
Dr. Josephine M. Posey, Dean

1000 ASU Drive 989
Alcorn State, MS 39096-7500
WWACB
Office #409
601-877-6141 / 6149
fax 601-877-3867
posey@lorman.alcorn.edu

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The School of Education and Psychology holds as its primary commitment the preparation of highly qualified elementary and secondary school teachers and other educational personnel for the public schools of Mississippi and the nation. In our programs you'll discover rigor, depth, a focus on careers, and close attention from the faculty. When you attend Alcorn you will discover that it is first and foremost a teaching institution.

Dr. Doris C. Gary, Associate Dean

1000 ASU Drive #480
Alcorn State, MS 39096-7500
WWACB
Office #423
601-877-2336 / 3922
fax 601-877-3921
dgary@lorman.alcorn.edu

The School through the Teacher Education Committee coordinates and supervises each of the teacher education components of the university. The School is responsible for administering and coordinating professional laboratory experiences and directed teaching for the University.

The School of Education and Psychology consists of the following departments:

The School of Education and Psychology offers instruction leading to the Bachelor of Science with majors in the following fields:

  • Elementary Education
  • Special Education
  • Health Education
  • Health and Physical Education
  • Recreation
  • Psychology
  • General Studies

In addition, the Master of Science in Education and the Educational Specialist degrees are offered.

The primary objectives of the School of Education and Psychology are:

  1. to identify and attract young men and women of intellectual and moral integrity,
  2. to promote content competency and sound scholarship through a series of specialized courses and experiences that will prepare an Alcorn proficient and effective communiversity teacher (APECT);
  3. to develop in prospective teachers a broad understanding of the learner and the teaching-learning process,
  4. to guide and supervise teacher candidates through a series of professional laboratory experiences culminating with directed teaching,
  5. to provide the teacher education student and non-teaching student with formal and informal educational experiences that will enable them to develop a meaningful philosophy of education, and
  6. to ensure that the teacher education candidate exits the professional education unit as Alcorn's proficient and effective communiversity teacher.