The College of Education is launching the Center for the Advancement of Paraprofessionals to offer professional development for paraprofessional educators, including education assistants and others working with students in K-12 schools in roles that don’t require a teaching license.
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Academic Divisions
Together, our three divisions prepare skilled professionals in the fields of early learning, teacher education, rehabilitation and mental health counseling, sign language and deaf culture, interpreting and interpreter education, health promotion, and exercise science. Our graduates are academically strong, ready to contribute to the continuously evolving state of their chosen professions and prepared for a variety of diverse and complex roles in schools, service organizations, and businesses.
Division of Deaf Studies & Professional Studies
Programs in American Sign Language, interpreting, rehabilitation, and deaf education.
Division of Education & Leadership
Teacher licensure degrees, endorsements, and specializations. Non-licensure programs in early childhood education, educational technology, and special education.
Division of Health & Exercise Science
Programs in community and school health, exercise science, sports leadership, and physical education.
Stories from the College of Education
COE professor to become president of Oregon Association of Teacher Educators
Dr. Melanie Landon-Hays will officially take over as president of the Oregon Association of Teacher Educators (ORATE) in the summer of 2021.
COE launches website for office of Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
The College of Education’s office of Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (J.E.D.I.) launched a new website in January as a way to showcase the college’s anti-racist programs, policies, and practices.
Early Childhood Studies student reflects on attending national conference
Bobilynn Regensburger, an undergraduate in the Early Childhood Studies program, shares reflections on the National Association for the Education of Young Children's annual conference, which was held virtually in November of 2020.
WOU professor to share research on Quechua-Spanish bilinguals at virtual panels
Dr. Yuliana Kenfield, a teacher educator in the Division of Education & Leadership, has been invited to present research at virtual events at University of Colorado Boulder and University of California, Berkeley next month.
COE debuts new video highlighting Bilingual Teacher Scholars
The College of Education and Q-Loop Productions debuted a new video about WOU’s Bilingual Teacher Scholars program in late January – an ambitious program that aims to help Oregon’s teaching force more closely match the state’s increasingly diverse student demographics.
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