College of Education
C&I Faculty
From top-left: Aimee Pavlik, Program Assistant; Clint Fisher; Tim Callahan; Barbara Frye; Nancy Latka; Mark Malone; Evelyn Ford. From bottom-left: Catherine Kelly, Chair; Greg Button; Linda Button; Kristie Ewig; Leslie Grant
Welcome to the Department of Curriculum & Instruction.
Mission and Goals
The College of Education’s Department of Curriculum & Instruction prepares skilled professionals who inspire excellence and create transformative change in the schools and communities in which they serve by enhancing scholarship, achievement, and service through collaborative partnerships, promoting and modeling innovative, ethical, and research-based practices and, embracing inclusion and social justice.
The overarching goals of the College of Education seek to:
- Ensure high quality preparation of education and counseling professionals
- Engage in research-based inquiry and practice
- Embrace diversity through action
- Proactively collaborate with the community
- Provide continual professional growth opportunities
- Infuse and enhance the use of technology
The mission and goals of the College of Education and the Department of Curriculum & Instruction guide graduate students to not only develop and enhance the knowledge and skills expected in graduate study, but also to provide a meaningful structure for supporting the essential elements of each program. The model assumes that professional educators will serve as instructional leaders within their school lettings and that learning to teach is a developmental process. Teachers enhance their instructional leadership skills by:
- Increasing the professional knowledge base
- Reflecting on practice