Professional Education Courses

Criteria for identifying Professional Education courses

A significant focus of the course is to teach or model how best to present academic content to birth-16 students.

A course is designated as a Professional Education course if:

  • A significant focus of the course is to bring about awareness of the growth and development of birth-16 students as they seek to learn academic content.
  • A significant focus of the course deals with issues of schooling.
  • A significant focus of the course is related to assessment and intervention in the development of birth-16 students.
  • The department views the course as one which should be taught by EPP faculty, instructors who remain interested and active with school environments and content.
  • The department believes that their accrediting agency would expect the course to be taught as a professional education course and/or by EPP faculty.
  • The consequences of a course being designated as a Professional Education Course are that:
  • The catalog description of the course must include an EPP designation (phrase or symbol).
  • Every faculty member teaching a EPP designated course must be an EPP member.