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/Institutions/University-of-Northern-Colorado/json/2023-2024/Graduate-Catalog.json

School of Teacher Education

Director: Jingzi (Ginny) Huang, Ph.D.

Location: McKee 216

Telephone: 970.351.2908

Website: www.unco.edu/cebs/teacher-education/

Faculty: Margaret Berg, Ph.D.; Kim Creasy, Ph.D.; James A. Erekson, Ph.D.; Matthew Farber, Ed.D.; Derek Gottlieb, Ed.D.; Jenni L. Harding Middleton, Ed.D.; Michelle Holmes, Ph.D.; HyunJung (Hannah) Kang, Ph.D.; Jean Kirshner, Ph.D.; Heng-Yu Ku, Ph.D.; Christine Kyser, Ed.D.; Jody K. Lawrence, Ph.D.; Kimberly Arnold Mahovsky, Ed.D.; Madeline Milian, Ed.D.; Christine McConnell Moroye, Ph.D.; Deborah Romero, Ph.D.; Brian Rose, Ph.D.; Amanda Rutter, Ed.D.; Suzette Youngs, Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus: Thomas A. Griggs, Ph.D.; Kathleen O'Neil, Ph.D.; Susan A. Thompson, Ed.D.; Dana Walker, Ph.D.

Cumbres prepares Hispanic/Latino students to teach with an English as a Second Language or bilingual education endorsement.

Location: McKee 262

Telephone: 970.351.2417

Course(s) Offered (Prefix):

• ECLD — Culturally Linguistically Diverse Education
• EDEL — Elementary Education
• EDF — Foundations of Education
• EDFE — Educational Field Experiences
• EDLD — Education of Linguistically Different
• EDRD — Reading
• EDS — Education of Diverse Students
• ELIT — Literacy Education
• ET — Education Technology
• TIP — Technology Innovation and Pedagogy

Program(s) Offered:

• Master's Degrees
  • Education M.A.T. – Curriculum Studies Concentration
  • Education M.A.T. – Elementary Education with Licensure Concentration — Elementary Education Endorsement (Grades K-6)
  • Education M.A.T. – English Education Concentration
  • Education M.A.T. – Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education Concentration
  • Educational Technology
  • Literacy
  • Multilingual Education M.A. – Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
  • Multilingual Education M.A. – World Language Licensure Program
  • Secondary Pedagogy M.A.T. – Licensure: Secondary Licensure (Grades 7-12)
  • Teaching Diverse Learners
• Doctoral Degrees
  • Educational Studies
  • Educational Technology
• Doctoral Minors
  • Educational Technology
  • Reading
• Teacher Licensure
  • Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CLD) Bilingual Education Specialist (K-12)
  • Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education Endorsement (K-12)
• Graduate Certificate
  • CLD (Culturally and Linguistically Diverse) Education Core 
  • Cultural Studies and Equity 
  • Educational Technology - Innovative Pedagogy
  • Teaching Chinese as a Second Language (CSL)
  • Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)

Prior-learning experience policy:

CDE approved CLD professional development in compliance with CO ELL Standards:

Students who successfully completed a CDE Endorsed Professional development program, evidenced by the EL PD Approved Program Certificate and deemed appropriate by the program area faculty, may request 3 credits for ECLD 513 for partially fulfilling UNC CLD endorsement program requirement. This awarded credit will, in effect, be counted as 3 credits of ECLD 513 to substitute for the required 3 credit hours of ECLD 593 in UNC’s CLD endorsement program. To request academic credit, the EL PD Approved Program Certificate must be submitted to the Graduate School.

CLD based practicum:

Students who successfully completed a Practicum, as described below and evidenced by District 6 Certificate of Completion, may request 3 credits to partially fulfill UNC CLD endorsement program requirement. This awarded credit will, in effect, waive the required 3 credit hours of ECLD 604: Successful completion of a 40-hour CLD field experience under the direction of District 6 professional development staff, designed in conjunction with the UNC CLD faculty. The field experience consists of observations, co-teaching or teaching in one’s own class (with a minimum of 6 ELLs in the class), coaching, and reflections on practice.

To request academic credit, the District 6 Certificate of Completion must be submitted to the Graduate School.

Verifying Your Identity:

If you intend to apply for a Colorado Teacher License after completing a teaching licensure program at UNC, please note that the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) requires that you must open a COOL account with CDE and you must have a Social Security Number in order to open the COOL account. Please see the important information regarding “Setting up your COOL Account” at www.cde.state.co.us/cdeprof/fingerprints. In addition, as part of the licensure process, CDE requires that you must affirm your identity. This affirmation is called “verifying your identity.” Under CDE’s current requirements, you cannot receive a Colorado Teacher License without “verifying your identity.” Please see the important information regarding “Verifying Your Identity” here: www.cde.state.co.us/cdeprof/verification_identification. You should check the two webpages above, and other webpages regarding Colorado Teacher Licensure, frequently for any changes.