The Department of Teaching, Learning and Leadership (TLL) 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 Early Childhood Education program holds accreditation from the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC).
Interim Department Head
Jay Trenhaile
Department Head/Professor
Counseling and Human Development
College of Education and Human Sciences
Teaching, Learning and Leadership
Assistant Department Head, Assessment Coordinator, Graduate Programs Program Leader and Secondary Education Program Leader
Jennifer Kampmann
Assistant Professor/Assistant Department Head/College Assessment Coordinator
Teaching, Learning and Leadership
Early Childhood Education Program Leader
Teacher Certification and Student Teaching Field Placement
Lynda Venhuizen
Teacher Certification Officer, Field Placement Coordinator
Teaching, Learning and Leadership
Fishback Center for Early Childhood Education Director
Family Resource Network Coordinator
Rachel Busmann
Family Resource Network Outreach Coordinator
Teaching, Learning and Leadership
Family Resource Network
