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Welcome
TO THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN IOWA
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
The University of Northern Iowa College of Education prepares students to
Educate, Serve and Lead!
The University of Northern Iowa has a nearly 140-year tradition of preparing
educators and human service professionals, and we are proud to be a
leader in preK-12 education and education-related issues in Iowa. More
than 3,000 undergraduate and graduate students prepared for careers
through the College of Education last year. They ranged from elementary,
middle-level and special education teachers to school psychologists,
school administrators, environmental health specialists, athletic trainers,
nonprofit professionals, early childhood education providers, college faculty
members, health education specialists and physical education teachers.
They learned from 182 faculty who lead their disciplines.
Our programs are marked by early and often immersion into professional
settings. Education majors have a variety of field experiences in rural,
suburban, urban or international school settings. Students in our human
service programs work in local nonprofits and recreation agencies, intern
with professional athletic teams, conduct research in state-of-the-art
laboratory settings or travel the world making a difference. College of
Education faculty and students also have launched their own programs –
such as Camp Adventure, the National Program for Playground Safety, the
Recycling and Reuse Technology Transfer Center, Kindergym, Global Health
Corps and more – to provide practical, hands-on professional experiences
while helping our communities.
And these experiences are working for our students. Several of our
programs see graduate placement rates at or near 100 percent, meaning
our graduates easily find jobs after graduation. Approximately 33 percent of
Iowa’s teachers and 37 percent of the state’s superintendents and principals
are UNI graduates, and 500 new teacher graduates join those ranks each
year. This makes UNI’s teacher preparation program the largest in the state
of Iowa. The outstanding faculty, abundant hands-on learning experiences
and individual attention students receive at UNI and the College of
Education all combine into an extraordinary experience that will launch
them into an exciting future.
Department of Curriculum & Instruction
The Department of Curriculum & Instruction prepares caring and effective professional
educators in the areas of early childhood, elementary and middle level education for
diverse settings by linking theory, scholarship and democratic practices.
Department of Educational Leadership & Postsecondary Education
The Department of Educational Leadership & Postsecondary Education prepares
graduate students to be educational leaders in two distinct arenas. The Educational
Leadership Program develops educators to lead learning, service and change as
principals and superintendents in PK-12 schools. The Postsecondary Education
Program provides graduate students with the knowledge and skills to serve higher
education institutions in the area of student services.
Department of Educational Psychology & Foundations
The Department of Educational Psychology & Foundations is responsible for courses
required of all prospective teachers. The courses taught by the department include
those in the areas of human development; learning and teaching; school psychology;
measurement and research; and the history, sociology and philosophy of education.
School of Health, Physical Education & Leisure Services
With historic roots dating to the 1870s, the School of Health, Physical Education &
Leisure Services (HPELS) provides quality professional education experiences in the
areas of athletic training; exercise science; health promotion; leisure, youth and human
services; and physical education.
Department of Teaching
The Department of Teaching provides more than 1,000 students per year the
opportunity to complete a minimum of four field experiences to help prepare them
for effective teaching by bridging classroom theory with classroom practice.
Department of Special Education
Through its scholarship, service and teaching development and dissemination of
innovative instructional practices for pre-service and practicing educators, the
Department of Special Education supports students and families both with and
without disabilities as well as those from minority and culturally diverse backgrounds.
EDUCATE • SERVE • LEAD
UNDERGRADUATE MAJOR PROGRAMS
CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION
Early Childhood Education – This program prepares participants to instruct the youngest of
learners, including typically and atypically developing children, and set them on a path for
lifelong learning in inclusive settings.
Elementary Education – Participants in this program learn how to lead classrooms at the
elementary school level and help children prepare for a strong future.
Middle Level Education – Students in this program learn to provide leadership to students in
grades 5-8 while helping them meet the unique learning challenges of this age group.
HEALTH, PHYSICAL EDUCATION & LEISURE SERVICES (HPELS)
Athletic Training – This program prepares students for an allied health career that will allow
them to work directly with people in settings ranging from professional sporting organizations
to clinic locations. This program, accredited by the Commission on Accreditation for Athletic
Training Education, allows students to sit for the national certification exam.
Health Promotion – Health education specialists encourage healthy lifestyles and wellness
through educating individuals and communities about behaviors that promote healthy living
and prevent diseases and other health problems. Students acquire the skills and abilities to
develop, implement and evaluate health education programs.
Movement and Exercise Science – Participants in this program prepare for three career
options: to promote health and wellness in community settings like hospitals, businesses and
commercial fitness facilities; to train those interested in athletic performance; or to attend
professional programs at the graduate level such as physical therapy and chiropractic.
Physical Education – Teaching – Students prepare to help children increase their physical
wellbeing by promoting healthy activities in school settings.
Leisure, Youth and Human Services – Participants prepare to deliver and lead programs or
manage facilities designed to meet human, community and social needs.
UNDERGRADUATE MINOR PROGRAMS
CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION
Leisure, Youth and Human Services –
Students prepare to deliver programs or
manage facilities designed to meet human,
community and social needs.
Educational Technology – Participants
learn to fully utilize current and emergent
technologies to enhance and expand
educational experiences.
SPECIAL EDUCATION
Literacy Education – Students in this
program prepare to teach students how to
be critical thinkers who read, write, listen,
speak and view.
HPELS
HEALTH EDUCATION – TEACHING – PROGRAM
PARTICIPANTS PREPARE TO EDUCATE
YOUNG PEOPLE ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE
OF A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE IN A SCHOOL
SETTING.
Health Promotion – Health education
specialists encourage healthy lifestyles and
wellness through educating individuals and
communities about behaviors that promote
healthy living and prevent diseases and other
health problems. Students acquire the skills
and abilities to develop, implement and
evaluate health education programs.
Coaching – The program prepares students to
lead young people in formal sports settings
to get the most from athletic experiences.
Instructional Strategist (Special Education) I: K-8
– This program can be combined with a degree
in Early Childhood, Elementary or Middle Level
Education to meet the needs of students with
learning or behavioral challenges.
Instructional Strategist (Special Education) I:
5-12 – Students may combine this program
with a degree in Middle Level or Secondary
Education to meet the needs of students with
learning or behavioral challenges.
Instructional Strategist (Special Education) II:
K-12 – This program combines with a degree
in Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle Level
or Secondary Education to meet the needs of
students with severe learning or behavioral
challenges.
Early Childhood Special Education – This
program can be combined with a degree in
Early Childhood or Elementary Education
to meet the needs of young students with
learning or behavioral challenges.
GRADUATE PROGRAMS
CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION
Elementary Education (M.A.E.) – Program
participants expand their work with young
learners through a more in-depth exploration
of the field.
Early Childhood Education (M.A.E.) – The
program develops students’ leadership abilities
in meeting the needs of the youngest learners.
Literacy Education (M.A.E.) – Participants
increase their ability to help students gather
and understand information.
Instructional Technology (M.A.) – Students
learn how to effectively and ethically
integrate technology into the instruction of all
disciplines.
School Library Studies (M.A.) – Program
participants learn to support teachers with
resources that prepare students to become
informed members of a democratic society.
EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP
Principalship (M.A.E. or Advanced Studies
Certificate) - Participants prepare to impact
student achievement, enhance teacher
effectiveness and build community
engagement. Through immersion in the
Iowa Standards for School Leaders and a
customized, site-based internship, students
connect current theory with real-world
practices.
Superintendency (Advanced Studies Certificate)
– This performance-based program prepares
educational professionals to lead schools in the
21st Century. The program is offered through
distance education, and participants are able
to complete the program without leaving their
current roles.
Postsecondary Education: Student Affairs
(M.A.E.) – This program prepares individuals
who currently serve as student affairs
professionals or who aspire to careers in
the field of student affairs in postsecondary
education. Student affairs professionals
provide services and programs designed
to support students and enhance campus
life across a wide variety of college and
university settings.
EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY&
FOUNDATIONS
Professional Development for Teachers (M.A.E.)
– This program is specially designed to fulfill
the professional development needs of
experienced teachers and enable participants
to increase their knowledge base or develop
expertise in content areas while sharpening
their understanding and skills as classroom
teachers.
Educational Psychology (M.A.E.) – This program
prepares students for the field of school
psychology, professionals who combine
expertise in education and psychology to meet
the unique needs of students, parents and the
community in a school setting.
School Psychology (Ed.S.) – Students in this
program become reflective practitioners who
have the knowledge and skills to enhance the
educational and psychological wellbeing of
children and adolescents.
HPELS
Athletic Training ((M.S.)) – The program is
designed for certified athletic trainers and
fuses the didactic, clinical and scholarly
components of graduate education to
assure that graduates can make significant
contributions to the profession of athletic
training.
Health Education (M.A.) – This program trains
individuals employed in or planning to seek
employment as public health practitioners
and health education specialists in a wide
variety of settings including public, academic,
hospital/clinical, community/non-profit and
corporate settings. It prepares public health
and health education specialists to design,
implement and evaluate interventions
working in a wide range of health, public
health and health promotion areas.
Physical Education (M.A.) – This program
has two options. It prepares teachers and
coaches currently working in a K-12 physical
education setting as effective and reflective
educators while providing for the professional
development needs of PK-12 physical
education teachers. It is also designed for
individuals interested in working as strength
and conditioning coaches or as sport
psychologists. Leisure, Youth and Human Services (M.A.) –
This major is designed to foster preparation
for professional leadership roles in the
administration of leisure, youth and human
services agencies. Students can design
programs of study for work in campus
recreation, nonprofit settings, community
recreation, tourism organizations, sports
administration and outdoor resource
management.
Philanthropy and Nonprofit Development (M.A.)
– Designed for professionals in philanthropy
and nonprofit settings, this program develops
and enhances skills and knowledge in the
fundraising and nonprofit sectors; furthers
understanding of ethical policy and legal
issues; and advances knowledge of scholarly
research, theories and models in the areas of
nonprofit organizational development, donor
relations, grant writing, corporate/foundation
relations, advocacy, public funding and
evaluation/accountability.
SPECIAL EDUCATION
Special Education (M.A.E.) – This program
prepares special education professionals
for leadership positions and for advanced
professional studies. Areas of concentration are
available in Field Specialization, Consultant and
Career/Vocational.
DOCTORATE PROGRAMS
ED.D. PROGRAM
Doctorate of Education – Curriculum & Instruction
(Ed.D.) – This area of intensive study is
designed to prepare scholar-practitioners
to plan, implement, evaluate and supervise
educational programs for children and adult
learners.
Doctorate of Education – Educational
Leadership (Ed.D.) – This area of intensive
study involves the preparation of personnel
for leadership roles in PK-12 schools,
postsecondary institutions, special
education directorships and non-school
educational settings.
HPELS
Allied Health, Recreation and Community
Services (Ed.D.) – Coordinated by the
divisions of Health; Athletic Training; and
Leisure, Youth and Human Services, this
area of intensive study is designed to
provide students with advanced planning,
management, supervision and evaluation
of programs in the community and its
institutions. These diverse professional
areas are knitted together by a unified
commitment to enhancing, enriching
and sustaining individual wellbeing and
quality of life. Graduates are prepared for
careers as applied scholars; evaluators;
athletic administrators; and
administrators of community
nonprofit organizations, youth
serving agencies, public parks
and recreation agencies,
foundations and government
agencies.
ENDORSEMENT
PROGRAMS
CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION
Education of the Gifted
(endorsement) – Participants will
learn how to identify, teach and
advise gifted and talented students,
as well as coordinate programs for
identified students.
Literacy Education (endorsement)
– This program is designed for
practicing teachers in the field to
increase understanding of preparing
students to read, write, listen, speak
and think critically.
Middle Level Education (endorsement)
– Students delve more deeply into the
best practices and current research
related to the unique needs of
students in grades 5-8.
SPECIAL EDUCATION
Director of Special Education
(endorsement) – Students in
this program learn the skills and
knowledge needed to lead special
education programs for schools,
districts and related programs.
Special Education Consultant
(endorsement) – The program
prepares students to advise special
education programs as well as
those who receive special education
services.
Supervision of Special Education
– Instructional (endorsement) –
Participants prepare to supervise
special education programs.
Work Experience Coordinator
(endorsement) – This program
prepares students to oversee work
programs for individuals with special
needs.
CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS
HPELS
Environmental Health Certificate – For students
and professionals who share interest in the
relationships between human health and the
environment, this certificate program focuses
on topics such as water quality, solid waste
problems, air quality and public health concerns.
Global Health and Health Disparities Certificate –
Participants prepare for careers as public health
specialists focusing on the needs of immigrants,
refugees, minorities, rural farm families and
other diverse and underserved populations.
Aquatics Specialization Certificate –Upon
completion of the certificate, students will be
able to teach Lifeguarding and Water Safety and
be certified as a pool operator through national
certifications.
Nonprofit Management Certificate – This
certificate provides knowledge, skill-building
and professional experience for students
interested in working in the nonprofit sector.
Earning this certificate at UNI also enables
students to earn a national certificate in
Nonprofit Management from Nonprofit
Leadership Alliance.
Outdoor Recreation Certificate – This program
trains students for professional employment
in the varied and growing field of outdoor
recreation and adventure education. This
program offers students the opportunity to
develop skills in a variety of outdoor recreation
activities while studying the theories, trends
and issues involved in working with groups,
facilitating adventure education and managing
the impacts of recreation on our natural
environment.
School-Age Care Leadership Certificate – This
certificate provides students participating in the
Camp Adventure Youth Services program an
opportunity to receive credit for their application
of youth development principles to school-age
children (ages 5-12) in global settings.
Tourism Certificate – This certificate prepares
students for a career in the tourism industry.
CENTERS, INSTITUTES AND PROGRAMS
ADAPTIVE TECHNOLOGY
Technology and Teachers: Promoting
Accessible Learning (T2PAL) – T2PAL
facilitates innovative opportunities for
accessible learning for all preK-12 students
through collaboration and technology.
ALTERNATIVE TEACHER LICENSURE
Regents Alternative Pathway to Iowa
Licensure (RAPIL) – The program is designed
to help talented professionals answer the call
to teach by attaining a secondary (grades
7-12) teaching license, usually in a high-needs
content area.
DIVERSITY
Minorities in the Leadership of Education
(MILE) – UNI leads the way toward increasing
the presence of persons of color and
traditionally underrepresented groups in
school leadership positions. With this goal in
mind, MILE seeks to identify, recruit, enroll
and provide financial support to qualified
aspiring school leaders of color.
The Multicultural Initiatives in Teaching
(MIT) – The MIT program was initiated as
a partnership between the University of
Northern Iowa and five Iowa school districts
with large, ethnically diverse student
populations. The goal of the program is to
increase the number of ethnically diverse
educators teaching in Iowa schools.
EDUCATION
Iowa Teacher Quality Partnership (ITQP)
– The mission of the Iowa Teacher Quality
Partnership Grant is to increase student
achievement by developing more effective
teachers in high need schools.
Regents Center for Early Developmental
Education – The Center focuses on improving
early childhood education (birth through 8
years) in Iowa and beyond.
UNI Child Development Center (CDC) – The UNI
CDC is a child care and instruction resource
for the students, faculty and staff of the
University of Northern Iowa. Its mission is to
provide a nurturing and safe environment to
support learning for the families and students
of the university.
LITERACY
Center for Disability Studies in Literacy,
Language and Learning – The Center
directly responds to a history of exclusion,
segregation and limited participation in
literacy and language for young children,
students and individuals with disabilities.
Jacobson Center for Comprehensive Literacy
– UNI’s Jacobson Center for Comprehensive
Literacy works with Iowa schools to improve
literacy for all Iowa students.
Reading Clinic – At the clinic, students
enrolled in reading tutoring classes provide
clients one-to-one remedial tutoring under
the supervision of university faculty and
graduate assistants.
Reading Recovery Center of Iowa – The center
trains lead teachers in the Reading Recovery
program to assist children who are having
extreme difficulty in learning to read and write.
LEISURE
Camp Adventure Youth Services – The
program provides an extraordinary
opportunity for students to travel to American
military bases and embassies as well as British
military installations throughout the world to
lead camps and activities for the children and
families at the locations.
LEADERSHIP
Institute for Educational Leadership (IEL) –
The Institute promotes the improvement of
elementary, secondary and post-secondary
education throughout Iowa. The Institute
serves as a catalyst for informed dialogue on
educational issues impacting the schools of
Iowa, the region and the nation; developing
collaborative relationships with individuals
and/or organizations external to schools; and
education policy development.
Institute for Youth Leaders – The Institute for
Youth Leaders strives to provide leadership
in research, development and diffusion
of knowledge to the youth development
profession.
Nonprofit Leadership Alliance – This studentrun organization is founded upon the
principles of promoting community service
involvement and developing the next
generation of nonprofit leaders. It is part of
the national Nonprofit Leadership Alliance
organization.
Sustainable Tourism Environment Program
(STEP) – This program seeks to promote
tourism planning and policy in Iowa which
supports beneficial social, cultural and
environmental relationships in the tourism
development process and facilitates the use
of sustainable practices within the existing
tourism industry.
PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND HEALTH
Iowa Center on Health Disparities (ICHD) –
The center provides statewide academic
leadership in addressing and reducing health
disparities among minority, immigrant and
medically underserved populations in Iowa.
Just for Kicks – The program provides
services for youth soccer players, coaches and
parents. It provides and coordinates coaching
education programs; hosts an annual
conference; and provides information and
training for players, parents and coaches.
Kindergym – The program meets Saturday
mornings in the Wellness Recreation Center
to provide a variety of physical activities for
children aged 2-5 years and is designed to
encourage children’s use of motor skills while
also engaging thinking and social skills.
National Program for Playground Safety
(NPPS) – NPPS is the leader in research,
training and development of safe play areas
for children. NPPS helps the public create
safe and developmentally appropriate play
environments for children.
Youth Fitness and Obesity Institute – The
institute addresses the physical activity and
nutrition needs of children and adolescents,
particularly in rural settings. It provides the
foundation for research and development
activities designed to address the growing
concerns related to youth fitness levels and
childhood obesity.
SCIENCE
Center for Early Education in Science,
Technology, Engineering and Mathematics
(CEESTEM) – This project of the Regents’
Center for Early Developmental Education
supports early childhood educators in
creating hands-on, interactive classroom
activities that encourage young children to
develop and use scientific inquiry processes
to explore and better understand their
environments.
Recycling and Reuse Technology Transfer
Center (RRTTC) – RRTTC serves as a research,
education and outreach center for the
development of economical approaches to
solving intractable solid waste problems,
providing research and technical assistance
on public health concerns as they relate to
solid waste concerns.