About the Program

The Teacher Education program prepares professional educators including undergraduate majors in Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Special 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 Teacher Education are accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) and the state of South Dakota. In addition, the Early Childhood Education's Fishback Center for ECE, the university's laboratory school, holds accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).

Director/Professor

Assistant Director of K-12 Education

Early Childhood Program Coordinator

Research and Professional Development Leader at the Fishback Center for Early Childhood Education

Co-Coordinator of Fishback Center for Early Childhood Education; NAEYC Accreditation

Co-Coordinator of Fishback Center for Early Childhood Education; NAEYC Accreditation

Family Resource Network Coordinator

Teacher Certification and Student Teaching Field Placement

Profilet and DeJong Endowed Director of Childhood Research