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Accreditation
Kansas State
Department of Education
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher
Education
National Association of Schools of Music
Students entering the teacher education program are strongly
encouraged to meet with a teacher education advisor regarding the changes in
Education Programs.
Aims and Objectives
Washburn
University emphasizes urban teacher education as one of its basic missions.
Courses in education are designed to help students prepare for a teaching
career at the elementary, middle, or secondary level. A second goal of the
department is to assist inservice teachers to develop professional competency
and to attain certification in additional areas.
Education Scholarship Programs
Students seeking a teaching license who have met all requirements for formal
admission to the Professional Teacher Education Program are eligible for
consideration for the following department scholarships. Scholarship
application forms are available in the Department of Education Office.
The
Sylvester Skoch Scholarship Fund
The Martha Peyton Fensch Scholarship
Fund
The James M. & Mildred Trimble Young Scholarship
The Gladys V.
Houston Scholarship
The Marge Bakalar Education Fund
The Catherine M.
Bodenhausen Scholarship
The Dr. Kenneth and Cosma W. Godfrey Memorial
Fund
The Bertha M. Rightmire Scholarship Fund
The Florence Eckert
Scholarship
The Mose J. and Erma F. Whitson Scholarship
The James David
Pollak Scholarship
The Nellie Ansel Obrecht Scholarship
The Phi Delta
Kappa Scholarship
The Topeka Area Retired Teachers Association
Scholarship
The Delta Kappa Gamma Scholarship
The Herbert Q. Adams and
Scholarship
The Elberta E. Adams
The Martha Kittel Scholarship
The
Lyndall and Glenda Mummert Scholarship
The Holliday Scholarship
The
McEachron Scholarship
The Spangler Scholarship
The Esta A. Morgan
Scholarship
Departmental Honors
Departmental Honors are granted by the Faculty of the Department to majors in
Early Childhood Education and Elementary Education who complete degree
requirements with a cumulative grade point average of 3.5 or better in required
professional education courses.
In addition to Department Honors, each
semester the Faculty of the Department of Education makes the following
awards:
Outstanding Early Childhood Education Student
Julia Etta Parks
Award to the Outstanding Elementary Student Teacher
Outstanding Secondary
Student Teacher
Recipients of these awards have their names engraved on
permanent plaques in the Department of Education Office and receive individual
plaques in recognition of their outstanding teaching performance.
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