Program Overview

Introduction to the Education for Inclusive Environments Program

The Education for Inclusive Environments, BAE, Dual Endorsement Outreach Program is designed to provide educators with a broad understanding of the fundamental right and value of including all children from diverse backgrounds. This program focuses on educational inclusion for the nation's increasingly diverse population, providing candidates with the understandings and skills necessary to navigate complex systems of teaching and learning within school and community environments.

Program Description

This program provides coursework and practica that lead to a recommendation for a residency teaching certificate with both elementary and special education endorsements. The program is rigorous, with high expectations, but the rewards are also high. Graduates are actively recruited by school districts to teach in both elementary classrooms and special education settings.

Admission Requirements

Admission to the program requires:

• A transferable A.A. degree from a Washington state community college or satisfaction of Western's General Education Requirements
• A minimum grade point average of 2.75 overall or for the most recent 45 quarter credit hours
• Meeting the basic skills requirement, which may be met by taking the West-B exam, SAT scores, or ACT scores
• Completion of an English composition course with a B- or better
• Three letters of recommendation
• A reflective essay

Program Requirements

The program requires 125 credits, including:

• Major - Education for Inclusive Environments
  • ELED 490 - Teaching Laboratory (2 credits)
  • SPED 310 - Education, Culture, and Equity (5 credits)
  • SPED 450 - Curriculum-Based Evaluation and Norm Referenced Assessment (5 credits)
  • SPED 451 - Transdisciplinary Teams and IEP (5 credits)
  • SPED 471 - Interventions for Learning and Achievement in a Diverse Classroom (4 credits)
  • SPED 472 - Behavior Assessment and Intervention (4 credits)
  • SPED 474 - Students with Complex Needs (4 credits)
  • SPED 483 - Reading Instruction for Students with Special Needs (4 credits)
  • SPED 484 - Designing Written Expression Interventions (4 credits)
  • SPED 485 - Designing Math Interventions (4 credits)
  • TEOP 401 - Practicum 3 – Interventions in Math and Literacy (2-5 credits)
  • TEOP 403 - Practicum 5 - Interventions in Written Expression (3 credits)
• Elementary Education Professional Program - Outreach Program
  • One course from:
    • ART 398 - Integrated Arts for Elementary Educators (3 credits)
    • DNC 398 - Integrated Arts for Elementary Educators (3 credits)
    • MUS 398 - Integrated Arts for Elementary Educators (3 credits)
    • THTR 398 - Integrated Arts for Elementary Educators (3 credits)
  • ELED 311 - Understanding Washington State Tribal History, Culture, and Government: Since Time Immemorial Curriculum (1 credit)
  • ELED 380 - Literacy I: Foundations (4 credits)
  • ELED 426 - Social Studies Methods (4 credits)
  • ELED 472 - Developing Teaching Seminar (4 credits)
  • ELED 474 - Documenting Teaching Seminar (4 credits)
  • ELED 478 - Literacy: Fluent Communicators Seminar (4 credits)
  • HLED 455 - Health Education Grades K-8 (2 credits)
  • I T 442 - Digital Decisions: Technology for Educators (3 credits)
  • MATH 381 - Teaching K-8 Mathematics I (4 credits)
  • MATH 382 - Teaching K-8 Mathematics II (4 credits)
  • MATH 383 - Teaching K-8 Mathematics III (4 credits)
  • PE 345 - Physical Education for Elementary School (3 credits)
  • SCED 480 - Science Methods and Curriculum for the Elementary School (5 credits)
  • SCED 490 - Laboratory/Field Experience in Elementary Science (3 credits)
  • SPED 305 - Introduction to Special Education and Typical/Atypical Development (5 credits)
  • TEOP 301 - Practicum 1 - Developing Teaching (2 credits)
  • TEOP 302 - Practicum 2 - Documenting Teaching (2 credits)
  • TEOP 402 - Practicum 4 - Inclusive Literacy Instruction (2 credits)
  • TEOP 494 - Inclusive Environments Student Teaching (1-16 credits, must take 16 credits)

University Graduation Requirements

• General University Requirements
• Writing Proficiency Requirement (WP)
• 180 Minimum Total Credits
• 60 Minimum Upper Division Credits
• Residency Requirement
• Minimum Grade Requirements
• Final Quarter Requirement

Note

The Education for Inclusive Environments, BAE, Dual Endorsement Outreach Program is not currently admitting new students. The program has been replaced with the Education for Inclusive Environments Residency, BAE, Dual Endorsement Outreach Program. For updated information and other program options, please refer to the department website.