Teaching Elementary Adolescent and Young Children Department

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College of Education and Professional Studies
Ellensburg
Black Hall, room 101

509-963-1464
Fax: 509-963-1162
www.cwu.edu/elementary
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Faculty and Staff
Chair
Virgina Erion, EdD

Professor
Cory Gann, MA, early childhood education

Associate Professors
Tina Georgeson, EdD, early childhood and elementary education
Khodi Kaviani, PhD, elementary education
Keith Salyer, PhD, early childhood and elementary education

Assistant Professors
Virgina Erion, EdD, early childhood education
Dia Gary, EdD, educational foundations and leadership
Teresa Walker, EdD, early childhood education

Lecturers
Susan Connolly, MEd, lecturer
Christine English, MEd, senior lecturer
Melanie Kingham, MEd, senior lecturer

Staff
Tina Clark, program support supervisor
 

Department Information, Standards, and Requirements
Major and/or minor programs in the TEACH department include early childhood education and elementary education. Additionally the TEACH department contributes to the middle-level teaching programs in mathematics (see mathematics in the catalog) and science teaching (see science education in the catalog).

In addition to a listed major and/or minor, students must maintain full admission status in the Teacher Certification Program (see College of Education and Professional Studies in the catalog) and complete the Professional Education Program (see Department of Education Foundations and Curriculum in the catalog) to qualify for teacher certification in the endorsable area. The early childhood education major and minor offer options in which these requirements do not apply (see descriptions below). At least 75 percent of an endorsable major or minor must be completed prior to the Professional Education Program course, EDCS 442 (Student Teaching).

All students seeking a teacher certification endorsement must maintain a 3.0 GPA or higher for the last 45 graded credits. Students must also earn a minimum grade of “C” in all required major, minor, and Professional Education Program courses.

Programs

• Early Childhood Education Major
• Elementary Education Major

• Early Childhood Education Minor

Courses

• EDEC 232 - Child Development
• EDEC 292 - Assisting in the Child-centered Classrooms
• EDEC 296 - Individual Study
• EDEC 298 - Special Topics
• EDEC 299 - Seminar
• EDEC 306 - Professional Growth and Expectations
• EDEC 307 - Equity, Culture, and Anti-bias in ECE
• EDEC 312 - Childhood Learning
• EDEC 313 - Materials and Manipulatives in ECE
• EDEC 314 - Learning through Play
• EDEC 321 - Curriculum I
• EDEC 322 - Parent Involvement
• EDEC 347 - History and Philosophies of Early Childhood Education
• EDEC 396 - Individual Study
• EDEC 398 - Special Topics
• EDEC 401 - Comparative Education Models in Early Childhood
• EDEC 411 - Curriculum II
• EDEC 412 - Responsible Childhood Assessment
• EDEC 415 - Child Language Acquisition
• EDEC 422 - Classroom Management in an ECE Classroom
• EDEC 423 - Materials and Manipulatives in ECE
• EDEC 424 - Curriculum III
• EDEC 432 - Theories in Child Development
• EDEC 447 - Curriculum Exploration
• EDEC 465 - Directing ECE Programs
• EDEC 490 - Cooperative Education
• EDEC 492 - Senior Seminar
• EDEC 494 - Advanced Practicum
• EDEC 496 - Individual Study
• EDEC 498 - Special Topics
• EDEC 499 - Seminar

• EDEL 296 - Individual Study
• EDEL 298 - Special Topics
• EDEL 299 - Seminar
• EDEL 320 - Integrated Arts in the Elementary School
• EDEL 323 - Teaching Elementary School Mathematics
• EDEL 396 - Individual Study
• EDEL 420 - Social Sciences in the Elementary School
• EDEL 423 - Integrated Methods for the Elementary School
• EDEL 468 - Teaching Problem-solving Techniques for Upper Elementary and Middle School Mathematics
• EDEL 477 - Middle School Students and Their Environment
• EDEL 478 - Developmentally Responsive Curriculum in the Middle Grades
• EDEL 482 - Instruction and Assessment for the Middle Level: Grades Five through Eight
• EDEL 490 - Cooperative Education
• EDEL 492 - Practicum.
• EDEL 496 - Individual Study
• EDEL 498 - Special Topics
• EDEL 499 - Seminar

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