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Teacher Education – Learning Outcomes

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Learning Outcomes means beyond earning a degree, students must attain knowledge, skills, and abilities.

 

Upon completion of the BA in Education degree program, students will be able to:

  1. Use enduring content and pedagogical knowledge to inform their teaching (know content, critically evaluate literature on effective practice).
  2. Develop relevant, rigorous, and developmentally appropriate curricula (critically evaluate and apply literature on development, learning).
  3. Modify curriculum and instruction based on the individual needs of their students (address diversity in teaching/learning).
  4. Use assessment of their students’ learning and their own teaching to inform future planning and teaching (reflect on P-12 student learning outcome data, problem solve, critically evaluate literature on effective practice for use in classroom).
  5. Attend to the social and civic development of their students.
  6. Work respectfully & collaboratively with colleagues & community to ensure quality instructional programs & stewardship of public schools.

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Marketing and Communications Internship

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THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS INTERNSHIPS FOR FALL 2023 ARE NOW OPEN

Positions Available: One broadcasting/digital media internship. One videographer/editing internship specific for WSU ROAR. [Our PR/strat comm intern has already been hired.] 

Objective: We pay you. We mentor you within your field. We get your great work in return.

Kudos: We’ll pat ourselves on the back. We began our internship program in 2015. In the seven years that have followed, we have consistently made sure our interns have a valuable experience and build their portfolio. Our interns have been able to get immediate job placement: PR firms in Seattle, the Seattle Seahawks, school districts, real estate firm, boutique PR, a city on the westside. If you work hard, we set you up to succeed! Don’t take our word for it, though!

Testimonials

We can spend all day telling you how awesome this internship is. But instead, we’ll let our current and past interns tell you…

FEATURED TESTIMONIAL (only because it’s the latest):

OTHER TESTIMONIALS:

More about the internship (and how to apply)

Basic responsibilities: You’d report directly to the College of Education’s Director of Marketing and Communications, who sits on the college’s leadership team. You’d help him realize MarComm’s objectives, including its mission of “Inform. Inspire. Involve.” Public relations and external marketing strategy and tactics make up a bulk of the plan, and you’d help fulfill the goals set forth.

Specific responsibilities (PR/Strat comm):

  • Write stories for dissemination through web and media. Then, write some more! Lots of writing.
  • Actively engage in the college’s social media. This will include posting to the college’s well-established social media sites (Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram, LinkedIn).
  • Web updates. The College of Education uses WordPress.
  • Help develop infographics and graphic-based communications.
  • Help with Education News, a monthly college newsletter sent to external stakeholders.
  • Brainstorm brand strategy and look for avenues to build brand awareness and credibility.
  • Help grow and maintain photo library.
  • Learn and apply basic media relations strategies under the direct supervision of the director.
  • Help align media requests with appropriate source.
  • Help enhance online newsroom.
  • Help integrate video and other digital media into story dissemination.
  • Other duties that arise (oh yeah, we weren’t going to forget this one ;).

Specific responsibilities (Broadcast/Digital media):

  • Produce high-quality video packages, vignettes, and social-ready clips to be used in college marketing efforts.
    • Plan, shoot, edit, and help disseminate.
  • Help with the college’s podcast and video podcast.
  • Web updates. The College of Education uses WordPress.
  • Help develop infographics and graphic-based communications.
  • Help grow and maintain photo library.
  • Integrate video and other digital media into story dissemination.
  • Other duties that arise (oh yeah, we weren’t going to forget this one ;).

Specific responsibilities (WSU ROAR videographer/editor):

  • Produce high-quality video packages, vignettes, and social-ready clips to be used in WSU ROAR marketing.
    • Plan, shoot, edit, and help disseminate.
  • Help grow and maintain video library and production resources.
  • Integrate video and other digital media into story dissemination.
  • Serve as a resource to our digital media intern
THE COLLEGE OF EDUCATION MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS INTERNSHIPS FOR FALL 2023 ARE NOW OPEN

Prerequisites: Preference given to those majoring in a related field within the Murrow College of Communication, or to those who are Marketing majors within the Carson College of Business. Preference will be given to those students certified in their major. But talent is talent and if you got it, you got it. Apply!

Appointment, Hours, and Compensation: It is expected that you’d work the Fall 2023 semester, beginning the first week of the semester, and ending the week before the semester ends. You’d work 10-15 hours per week. You would earn up to $15 USD per hour (DOE). We could discuss extending through Spring 2024.

To apply:

Send email expressing your intent to apply (this will double as your cover letter unless you want to attach a separate cover letter). Make sure you you let us know which internship you’re apply to. You can address this to The Great Brandon Chapman. Attach resume and some writing samples (and link to other multimedia samples if you have them) that you feel best reflect your ability for this position. This must be received no later than close of business on FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 2023.

Interviews will be conducted shortly after the deadline, and the successful candidate will be notified and formalize arrangements before the semester ends.

About the College of Education:

The College of Education is one of WSU’s oldest colleges, with its first dean taking the helm in 1918. Since that time, COE has been known primarily as a teaching and learning college, as well as an educational leadership college. The majority of certified K-12 superintendents in Washington, in fact, earned their certification through COE.

However, COE is very much a modern college, with degrees in athletic training, kinesiology, and sport management. In fact, our undergraduate kinesiology degree is one of the largest degrees, by enrollment.

For more information:

Contact Brandon Chapman at b.chapman@wsu.edu or 509.335.6850.

Retrospective

We love remembering the good times!

Brittni and Riley Myklebust
Brittni Willis interviewing Pullman Police officer Riley Myklebust, as part of Education Eclipse. Riley is now a stellar deputy within the King County Sheriff’s Office :).

Kyla did so well working with Chappy in Fall 2016 that she was asked to come back for Spring 2017.

Trevor Havard was a great intern. He was capable of just grabbing a camera and heading to college events!

Katie Merrick in studio
Katie Merrick working in our video studio.

This internship is nothing if not fun.

Sometimes, there are just no adequate words to describe the interns.

Our broadcasting/digital media intern will definitely spend some time on the mic.

The toys we get to play with are no joke. This is our new Blackmagic 6K Cinema Camera.

Here’s the deal: we liked David Blehm but he was also a Broncos fan :(, so…

Will Matthews, our WSU ROAR videographer/editor, shoots the shooting!

Ivy Schank getting ready to deliver the college news on updatED, a weekly program.

This is either really cool or really embarrassing…

Other duties as assigned.

On any given day, our office becomes transformed!

Sport Management Master’s Theses


Our students research a diverse array of issues and problems in sport:

Wanyoung Ha (2021) — The impact of different types of NFL's corporate social responsibility on behavioral intentions among Generation Z fans
Emily Weber (2020) — Differentiation strategy running brands: A content analysis of Instagram posts
Ashley Olson (2018) — What do they want? Coaching preferences of parents in elite youth baseball using a relationship approach to leadership
Anna Pearson (2018) — Is violence necessary for the promotion of hockey?
Youngjik Lee (2017) — The effect of athletes' off-field immoral behaviors on fans' emotions and team identification: In collegiate sport perspective
Ramon Sodano (2016) — Pre-participatory screening policy development: Using a meta-analysis of the functional movement screen as a test case
DJ Mackie (2016) — Get them back in the game: Constraints to participation in collegiate intramural sports
Mary Barnett (2016) — Contentment of varsity athletes and students: A comparative analysis
Devon Carroll (2015) — Why student-athletes commit to a specific university: Motivational factors influencing university selection of non-revenue generating sport student-athletes
Kerry Hassall (2015) — Rowing race: A qualitative study of the effects of socialization, education and mass media on the rowing experiences of female racial minority rowers
Nicole Philen (2014) — Female high school athletic directors and leadership style: A qualitative study
Cairistiona Flatley (2013) — Effects of NASCAR's cause-related marketing on potential stakeholders
Amy Cole (2011) — Letting the women play, too: A feminist analysis of existing state correctional recreation policies
Hyewon Park (2004) — Analyzing motivational factors of action sports participants

M&S Education Syllabi


Here you will find the most recent syllabi for the core courses in the Mathematics and Science Education Ph.D. program.

Please note that these courses change with advancements in the field and the identification of student interests, so future offerings of the course might have different foci, readings, etc.

T&L 531
Frameworks for Research in Mathematics and Science Education
Dave Slavit 198x198EdMthSci 598
Research Seminar in Mathematics and Science Education
Tamara HolmlundT&L 571
Research in STEM Education
T&L 574
Science for All: An Individual Multicultural Perspective
T&L 581
Learning and Development in Mathematics and Science
Kristen Lesseig 198x198T&L 584
Research in Teaching Mathematics & Science

Agents of Change Application


  • To express interest in participating as an Agent of Change, please fill out the following application.


  • BRIEFLY, using plain talk (PLEASE!), explain what your research is about (enough for someone to understand, but not so much that it takes you a long time to write it up).




  • FYI, the female shirts are a true female cut and they run really small, like... smaller than you'd think. Females may choose a men's shirt if they'd like.

SWEA Overview


We help increase your teaching opportunities

SWEA is an organization for any WSU undergraduate student interested in education, whether it be elementary or secondary education. Anyone in the College of Education is welcome to join, and we encourage non-members to participate in our many events and fundraisers.

SWEA is the student version of the state teachers’ union (Washington Education Association or WEA). We provide professional development, networking, and support to all future teachers on campus.

SWEA is a really great place to meet other students who have a passion for teaching and learning. Plus, it looks good on a resume!

SWEA strives to provide

  • Community service opportunities
  • Professional development seminars, such as edTPA, National Board Certification, advice from first-year teachers, etc.)
  • Networking
  • Political involvement in the Washington Education Association

Our popular yearly events are

  • Scholastic Book Fair
  • Family Night/ DR. Seuss’ Birthday Celebration
  • Holiday story time
  • Guest speakers
  • Center for Civic Engagement service projects
  • Washington Education Association’s Representative Assembly

Student Teaching Overseas


Overseas Student Teaching option highlights and procedures used at WSU.

  • Full semester student teaching in DoDEA or Approved International schools.
  • Candidates enroll in full semester of student teaching through WSU.
  • Candidates apply to Office of Field Services and Certification 1 semester in advance.
    • Competitive process – not everyone who applies is placed.
    • Interview with 2-3 faculty and staff familiar with the program.
    • Survey sent to instructors and faculty that candidate has worked with recently rating them on dispositions: problem solving, independence, confidence, reflection, professionalism.
    • Review of all feedback to determine if candidate will be recommended for placement.
  • Application is submitted to DoDEA or approved International Schools semester prior to student teaching for placement.
    • Candidate has a confirmed placement in Washington state as Plan A.
    • Not all candidates are successfully placed, so we consider overseas their Plan B.
    • Candidate provides any additional information required by host school.
    • Candidate must fill out an application through WSU Study Abroad Office and pay an application fee – this is a provost requirement for all “study abroad experiences” – and attend several meetings/orientations. They do this process when their application is submitted, pending placement.
    • Host school arranges placement and secures housing.  Rent varies by location.
  • Candidate is financially responsible for:
    • Full time enrollment in WSU.
    • Round trip airfare.
    • All housing and food expenses.
    • All transportation and additional recreational travel expenses while in country.
  • Candidate is required to meet all Washington State Certification requirements and WSU student teaching requirements including but not limited to:
    • Draft Professional Growth Plan.
    • Meeting all dispositions on the WSU PDEFE.
  • Supervision:
    • WSU Faculty member conducts bi-weekly video conference seminars with candidates placed overseas.
    • Communication with mentor teachers, building administrators, and candidates via email.
    • One on-site visit is planned approximately 6-8 weeks into the experience.
      • WSU supervisor travels to the school and spends 2-3 days with each candidate.
        • Formal observations and reflection.
        • Lesson Plan review.
        • Conferencing with all parties.

#AgentsOfChange


It’s our passion to make a difference that drives us!

Although we often celebrate and recognize the past, if you are someone who wants to make sure the present and future are even better, and are currently working toward that goal, then you’re an “agent of change.”
Introducing, our college’s Agents of Change campaign!

Goal: Showcase our amazing people like you, whether your faculty, staff, students, alumni… or just a supporter of our college and the work we’re doing.

Why: Because our folks rock! We want to highlight you and the reason you do what you do.

How: We’re going to showcase you through photos, video, blog posts, etc! We’ll put them online, and on social media with the hashtag #AgentsOfChange and hope you’ll share these, as well.

Wanna share why you’re an Agent of Change?
1Register to be an Agent of Change
2Script a 30-second statement about what makes you an agent of change. Sit down with our Marketing and Communications team to record this.
3Agree to do some form of communication that would better connect you to students and alumni and help push your work out. This can be a blog, being a podcast guest, etc. You can use Marketing and Communications to come up with a plan that plays to your strengths.
4Social mediacize the content all over the place (is "mediacize" a word?)! Use the hashtag #AgentsOfChange.
5After your post, if you're in Pullman, come get a cool T-shirt that says #AgentsOfChange on it. If you're not in the area, email us your address so we can send one to you!

For questions, please email Brandon Chapman.