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Welcome

Welcome

CWU offers a campus atmosphere where everyone feels like they belong — a place where people feel at home.

Admissions

Admissions

It’s easy to apply at CWU, and our team of professionals can walk you through everything you need to know.

Academics

Academics

CWU features more than 135 degree programs, and we are recognized nationally in a variety of key disciplines.

About

About

CWU serves more than 10,000 students every year, priding ourselves on accessibility, affordability, and personability.

Student Services

Student Services

Student success is our top priority, and CWU’s staff and faculty go out of their way to put people on a path to greatness.

Get Involved

Get Involved

Activities abound across the CWU campus, with clubs, internships, employment opportunities, and NCAA athletic programs.

Education, Development, Teaching, and Learning

College of Education and Professional Studies

EDTL Mission, Values and Vision

Welcome to the Department of Education, Development, Teaching, and Learning (EDTL) where we prepare future and current educators to excel in their teaching!

 

LEARN continuously

DO passionately

LIVE respectfully

TEACH!

 

EDTL Mission

Achieve the highest quality teacher education in the State of Washington through constructivist instructional practices that engage teacher candidates, so that they may collaboratively build their understandings, develop and hone skills and illuminate their belief systems.
 

EDTL Values

Values 

Actions 

Learners and Learning 
  • Treat all learners with respect and equity.
  • Offer rigorous, stimulating and interactive learning experiences. 

Modeling and Reflective Practice 
  • Exemplify current evidence-based practices and engage in reflective practice to hone our knowledge and skills to provide our pre-service teachers with the best educational experience, but also so they may experience an excellent instructional model to inform their future teaching.    

Learning by Doing 
  • Provide hands-on experiences with our prek-12 partners, so that our pre-service teachers have hundreds of instructional hours prior to graduation. 

Teacher-Scholar Model 
  • Engage in research to enhance our pedagogical and theoretical knowledge and instructional skills.  

 

 

Take the Next Step to Becoming a Wildcat.

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