Departments

Our CACREP-accredited programs train culturally competent, caring counselors who serve a diverse, multilingual urban community.

Graduates of the Department of Early Childhood Education become capable teachers who believe in the transformative power of an outstanding education.

The Department of Educational Leadership aims to prepare reflective, caring, and highly skilled educational practitioners to lead urban schools in their chosen professions, to expand educational theory and practice in urban settings through research, and to work in partnership with constituents to effect change in educational practice in urban schools.

Our graduates have gone on to become master teachers, school library media specialists, published researchers and authors, corporate trainers, school leaders, and professional developers.

The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is proud to offer a wide variety of teacher preparation programs to meet your potential interests as well as the needs of our nation’s schools.

The Department of Literacy Education prepares literacy specialists for careers in teaching, coaching, training, coordinating instructional programs, diagnosing and treating literacy problems, and developing curriculum.

The Department of Multicultural Education is an academic department that prepares teachers for careers in ESL, bilingual, and multicultural settings.

Graduates of the Special Education Department become capable teachers who believe in the transformative power of an outstanding education.