Your Gifts Are Making a Difference:
Competency-Based Education
As friends of MLC and partners with us in sharing the gospel, you know about the shortage of teachers and pastors in our synod. When we presented to you a new way to prepare second-career teachers, you immediately responded! You understood how this could be part of a solution, and you opened your hearts and gave! Thank you!
Now an update: Since January 2023, Dr. Nichole LaGrow, program director, has been hard at work, putting the necessary pieces into place for this program that utilizes Competency-Based Education (CBE). Dr. Marty LaGrow DMLC ’93, instructional designer, is working with faculty to construct the actual courses.
In the CBE paradigm, we will be awarding elementary education degrees to second-career adults based on their proven competence in courses. CBE enables learners to use their past experiences and job skills as part of their learning experience. This provides an alternative pathway to the teaching ministry for those who are unable to move to New Ulm for a traditional on-campus program. It allows WELS members to finish their college degrees while staying in their own communities and their own jobs—some of which are in WELS schools.
Update: We are on track for enrolling our first CBE students in fall 2024—thanks to you, your prayers, your gifts!
