The Department of Teaching, Learning, and Leadership houses programs that prepare professional educators including undergraduate majors in Early Childhood Education, Family and Consumer Sciences Education, certification programs in Secondary Teacher Education, and M.Ed. programs in Educational Administration and Curriculum and Instruction. The education programs in TLL are accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) and the state of South Dakota. In addition, the ECE program holds accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).