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Education Faculty and Staff

Stacey Corle

Stacey Corle

Associate Teaching Professor, Curriculum and Instruction
Co-Coordinator, Elementary and Early Childhood Education Program
[email protected]
Hawthorn Building, 227
Kristen E. Pearson

Kristen E. Pearson

(She, Her, Hers)
Associate Teaching Professor, Curriculum and Instruction
Co-Coordinator, Elementary and Early Childhood Education Program
[email protected]
Hawthorn Building, 225
Freyca Calderon-Berumen, Ph.D.

Freyca Calderon-Berumen, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Elementary and Early Childhood Education and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
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Smith Building, 101
Lori Crownover

Lori Crownover

Supervisor of Pre-Service Teachers and Instructor, Education
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Hawthorn Building, 262
Peggy Duffie

Peggy Duffie

Assistant Teaching Professor, Special Education
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Hawthorn Building, 223
Carrie Freie

Carrie Freie, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Education
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814-949-5443
Hawthorn Building, 224
Leigh Ann Haefner

Leigh Ann Haefner, Ph.D.

Interim Vice Chancellor, Academic Affairs
Associate Professor, Science Education
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814-949-5638
Elm Building, 106
Caroline Kelly

Caroline Kelly

Instructor in Education and Supervisor of Pre-service Teachers, Education
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Hawthorn Building, 263
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Antoinette Kroko

Education Supervisor and Instructor, Education
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Hawthorn Building, 102
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Nicholas Mastromatteo

Part-time Instructor, Education
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Alicia McDyre

Part-time Lecturer, Education
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Nancy Medill

Part-time Instructor, Nutrition
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David Pearlman

David P. Pearlman, Ph.D.

Director, Financial Aid
Part-time Instructor, Applied Youth, Family and Community Education
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814-949-5055
Smith Building, W113
Alexander Pratt

Alexander Pratt, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Elementary and Early Childhood Education
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Hawthorn Building, 222
Lisa Surkovich

Lisa Surkovich, Ph.D.

Assistant Teaching Professor, Literacy Education
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Hawthorn Building, 228
Stephanie Wojcik

Stephanie A. Wojcik

Faculty and Program Assistant, Biology, Communications, Education, Environmental Studies, Women's Studies, Geography, and Philosophy
Assistant, Promotion and Tenure
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Hawthorn Building, 203

Elementary and Early Childhood Education

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Suggested Academic Plan

Suggested Academic Plans (SAPs) are sample semester-by-semester guides you can use to meet degree requirements.

Elementary and Early Childhood Education SAP for Prospective Students

View the SAP for the B.S. in Elementary and Early Childhood Education.

Elementary and Early Childhood Education SAP for Current Students

To access previous years' suggested academic plans, please visit the archive to view the appropriate Undergraduate Bulletin edition.

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Out-of-Class Learning

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See Also

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