The Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education (BAEED) develops professional educators who are reflective practitioners dedicated to the scholarship of teaching and school renewal. The program is based on a standards-driven, field-based, and inquiry-oriented curriculum that employs cutting-edge educational technology to integrate content and pedagogy. Employing an electronic portfolio-based assessment system, university faculty and mentor teachers guide the candidate's progress in achieving professional knowledge, skills, and dispositions. <br>Hawai‘i Pacific University's BAEED Program in Elementary Education prepares candidates to become competent, caring, and professional educators through classroom discussions and field experiences. Teacher candidates learn in small classes and enjoy individualized attention by university faculty and mentor teachers. The program prepares individuals for licensure in grades K - 6. <br>All students in the undergraduate program will experience two semesters of clinical practice. In the two semesters, teacher candidates will invest 225 hours per semester at a designated school. Placement at a school is determined by various factors: educational philosophy, employment of the teacher candidate at the school, proximity of the teacher candidate’s residency to the school, convenience to the teacher candidate’s outside employment, etc. Every effort is made to make the clinical practice meaningful, relevant and challenging to our students.