Teacher Quality Institute
Promoting Excellence in Teaching
The mission of the Teacher Quality Institute is to support the development and enhancement of pedagogy and content knowledge of teachers in Murray State University鈥檚 service region through recruiting potential teachers, providing professional development opportunities, and structuring high quality preservice experiences. TQI offers programming for both pre-service and in-service educators that support professional growth as an educator. The professional team of the Teacher Quality Institute works to achieve the mission by providing:
Pre-service Teacher Support
- Implementing the Professional Development School Model
- facilitating a dual-credit teacher education program for regional high school students through Racer Academy
- hosting annual Educators Rising conference for high schools
- providing scholarships for teachers and students
- supervising clinical practice work in secondary schools
- coordinating Student Success Center
- providing both group and individual Praxis tutoring for the students of COEHS
In-Service Teacher Support
- Leading Professional Development sessions at the request of school administrators
- Providing additional professional development through the annual Teaching and Technology Summit
- Facilitates the Supporting Excellence in Teaching program for first year teachers
The Teacher Quality Institute (TQI) is a significant Murray State University regional outreach program