School of Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies
The School of Teaching, Learning and Curriculum Studies is housed in White Hall and supports programs in Adolescent & Young Adult Education, Career Technical Teacher Education, Curriculum and Instruction, Early Childhood Education, Literacy Education, Master of Arts in Teaching, Middle Childhood Education and Physical Education.

TLC Programs

ECED

Early Childhood Education

The Early Childhood Education (ECED) program and faculty have a national reputation for their contributions to the field of Early Education. Early childhood education spans birth to age eight. The Ohio license is for teaching children age three to eight, preschool through primary. Our program places a strong emphasis on field experience. With this program, students complete student teaching experiences in both pre-k and grades K-3.

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MCED

Middle Childhood Education

We offer several licensure and non-licensure programs in Middle Childhood Education (MCED) to prepare teachers for grades 4 through 9 (ages 8 to 14), at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. The MCED licensure program is accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education and the Ohio State Department of Education.

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ADED

Adolescent & Young Adult Education

The Undergraduate program in ADED is fully accredited to provide teacher licensure in eight major academic areas: Earth Science, Integrated Language Arts, Integrated Mathematics, Integrated Science, Integrated Social Studies, Life Sciences, Life Science/Chemistry, and Physical Sciences.

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Career Technical Teacher Education

Teaching high school career-technical programs

CTTE is one of a small number of teacher education programs in Ohio designed to prepare teachers as educators primarily in Ohio Schools in Career-Technical Programs. The program offers Associate of Science and Master's degrees, the Career-Technical Alternative Resident Educator License, and the Career Based Intervention Endorsement Program.

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PETE students in class

Physical Education

Teaching grades preK-12

The physical education program is among the best in the United States in preparing teachers who exemplify best practices in the PK-12 setting and professionals who promote high quality physical activity opportunities for individuals across the lifespan. The program offers 3 undergraduate degrees, 2 graduate degrees, 1 endorsement, and 1 minor, and places a strong emphasis on field experience, internships and professional development opportunities across all degree options.

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Curriculum and Instruction

Curriculum and Instruction

The Curriculum & Instruction (C&I) program offers advanced study in the areas of theory, research, development, application, and evaluation. Our Master of Education (M.Ed.) program prepares students to obtain a teaching license. Our Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) prepares students to take positions as school teachers, and the Doctor of Philosophy program prepares students for a wide range of possibilities in higher education employment.

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Student and teacher talk

Literacy Education

Our program prepares educators to teach students at all ages, preK-12, in general education and reading specific instructional situations. We focus on students who progress typically and those who are struggling to read.

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MAT group Sept 2016

Master of Arts in Teaching

The MAT program is a graduate-level program designed to meet a growing need for highly qualified high school teachers, grades 7-12, and multi-age teachers (pre-K through grade 12). This accelerated program is offered to promising bachelor's degree holders who were not education majors and now desire to become teachers.

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Contact Information

Dr. Alexa Sandmann
School Director
404 White Hall
330-672-2580 (phone)
330-672-3246 (fax)
[email protected]