GRADUATEEDUCATION

WVU COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Education and human services are the foundations that have always supported a brighter future for West Virginia, the nation, and the world. The College of Education and Human Services prepares students who are ready to contribute to the state and nation’s education and human development while making a difference in their communities.

Our students are prepared for their lives as teachers and clinicians through training that matches revolutionary changes in their field of study. We offer innovative programs that currently reflect the human services and education professions. The hands-on, technologically-oriented curricula feature practical outreach in area schools and clinics, including the WVU Child Development Laboratory (Nursery School), 30 professional development schools, the WVU Speech and Hearing Clinics, and the WVU Reading Clinic, which make a significant impact on the health and education of area residents.

As the College of Education and Human Services (CEHS) for West Virginia University, we strive to enhance the well-being and quality of life of all West Virginians through human services and education.

CEHS offers you the opportunity to become tomorrow’s successful global citizen, ready to impact children and families for decades to come. Our College is making a difference, and we want you to be a part of it.

ARE YOU READYTO MAKE A DIFFERENCE?

COLLEGE FACTS• Superintendents of 34 of West Virginia’s 55 counties are CEHS

alumni as graduates of the Public Education Administration Program.

• CEHS’s online education graduate programs ranked among the nation’s top 30 in U.S. News and World Report.

• The 19,000-square-foot WVU Child Development Laboratory is home to the WVU Nursery School, a teaching laboratory for CEHS education students.

• The Benedum Collaborative Five-Year Teacher Education Program received a Distinguished Program in Teacher Education Award from the National Association of Teacher Educators.

• The College is participating in Reconnect McDowell, a holistic rebuilding plan in McDowell County, West Virginia. The project aims to help develop infrastructure and housing, improve the economy, reform education strategies for K-12 students and current teachers, and provide human services.

• The Department of Special Education coordinates the annual WVU Summer Talented and Gifted Workshops, an opportunity for third through sixth graders to explore enrichment electives, such as architecture, literature, multimedia technology, and debate.

• WVU sports stars share advice and promote character education with area K-12 students through the Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology’s Student Athletes Speak Out project.

• In partnership with the NASA Educator Resources Center, the WVU science education program hosts a summer course on space weather and iPad applications for WVU students and area teachers.

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GRADUATE PROGRAMSAs the College of Education and Human Services for West Virginia University, we provide a pathway for aspiring men and women to careers in human services, teaching, leadership, instructional design, and research. We hire exceptional scholars and educators who, in turn, design cutting-edge experiences for their students; these diverse perspectives help shape the minds and actions of students while increasing their awareness as they prepare for a 21st century career.

To accomplish these goals, the college is organized into five academic departments:

• Curriculum and Instruction/Literacy Studies• Communication Sciences and Disorders• Counseling, Rehabilitation Counseling, and Counseling Psychology• Learning Sciences and Human Development• Special Education

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DEPARTMENT OF CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION/LITERACY STUDIES

curriculum and instructioneducationeducational leadership/higher education administrationeducational leadership/public school administrationelementary educationreadingsecondary education secondary education/Englishsecondary education/foreign languagessecondary education/interdepartmental studiessecondary education/mathematicssecondary education/sciencesecondary education/social studiesschool health education

NICOLE CRACE

2011 GraduateM.A. Elementary Education

“The Benedum Collaborative Five-Year Teacher Education Program has prepared me in so many ways to be a great teacher. My professors truly cared about my success and pushed me to domy best. Because I accumulated over 1,000 hours of student teaching experience, I am very confident in my ability to be a great educator and to be a leader in my own classroom.”

MATTHEW COX

2011 GraduateM.A. Secondary EducationSocial Studies

“The design of the Benedum Collaborative program allowed for increased classroom experience, exposure to action research, and a solid foundation of content knowledge. Apart from student teaching, I was able to visit schools in Italy, interview veterans of World War II, and contribute to published works and innovative programs. Overall, I could not ask for a better experience in preparing me for a classroom of my own!”

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The Department of Curriculum and Instruction/Literacy Studies prepares future educators and administrators who aspire to research, develop, and implement effective and innovative curricula for individuals ages pre-K to adult. Students are integrated in the field through practical experiences in diverse educational settings, such as subject-specific clinics, professional development classrooms, research-based approaches, and study abroad. Programs provide the knowledge and foundations to engage their students to exceed their potential as leaders in the classroom and beyond.

GRADUATE MAJORS

DEPARTMENT OF SPECIAL EDUCATION

The Department of Special Education at WVU offers programs in special education, gifted education, and disability services to assist students in preparing for careers working with children, adolescents, and/or adults with various exceptionalities. Many programs are available entirely online. Our Special Education programs have earned awards for innovative delivery systems, and faculty members are nationally recognized for teaching excellence, innovative research and development, and leadership in the field. Like the quilters of our Appalachian heritage who create a beautiful whole from assorted pieces, we believe special educators work to support individuals of all abilities to become part of and contribute to a just and diverse society.

GRADUATE MAJORS

autism spectrum disordersearly childhood special educationgifted educationlow vision/blindnessmulticategorical special educationsevere/multiple disabilitiesspecial education

DEPARTMENT OF COUNSELING, REHABILITATION COUNSELING, AND COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGY

The interrelated fields of counseling, rehabilitation counseling, and counseling psychology all hold great promise in the job market and for life. Professionals who make their careers in these fields are dedicated to making a difference in the lives of others. Our programs in rehabilitation counseling and school/community counseling are nationally recognized, producing leaders in the field. All three programs are nationally accredited by their respective accrediting bodies. WVU supports student learning in these fields in many ways—through classroom activities, research, and service learning. Graduates are prepared for licensure and other credentialing upon completion of their degree.

GRADUATE MAJORS

counselingcounseling psychology rehabilitation counseling

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LEARNING SCIENCES AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

This department is dedicated to learning across the life span. Encompassing a diverse spectrum of education practices and human services, the department houses programs in child development and family studies, educational psychology, instructional design and technology, andprogram evaluation and research. Faculty and students alike master technology to share new ways to learn, teach, research, and interact in the community. With a focus on global awareness, graduates are culturally competent and develop ethical foundations to maintain integrity in theiracademics and professions.

GRADUATE MAJORS

educational psychologyeducational psychology/child development and family studieseducational psychology/evaluation and researchinstructional design and technology

DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNICATIONSCIENCES AND DISORDERS

Speech-language pathologists and audiologists provide services for individuals of all ages who have communication disorders, including speech, voice, language, and hearing problems. They may also work with patients who have swallowing and balance disorders. Our newest program, the Ph.D., is specifically designed for the expert clinician who seeks a leadership role as a researcher and scholar in the discipline. Both of our professional graduate programs are accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology of the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

GRADUATE MAJORS

audiologycommunication sciences and disordersspeech-language pathology

CHELSEAKUHN

GraduateCommunication SciencesAnd Disorders

“The Communication Sciences and Disorders Department stands out to me in many ways, but the way that the teachers interact with the students is what stands out the most. They are always there to lend a helping hand and are always available if you need assistance with your work.”

JENICAHUGHES

GraduateChild Development and Family Studies

“The professors in the Child Development and Family Studies Program are really fantastic and they always take an interest in their students’ lives. They are definitely the best part of an amazing program!”

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= masters = doctoral

WVU CHILD DEVELOPMENT LABORATORY

The West Virginia University Child Development Laboratory (Nursery School), a unit of the Department of Learning Sciences and Human Development, is designed to provide observational and practicum experiences for WVU students majoring in child development and family studies, curriculum and instruction, and other related fields. Although it enrolls just 40 preschool children (with a waitlist of many), it has a tremendous service record to families, the University, and the community. The staff provides parents with resources and information on child development issues while serving as a professional development experience for more than 800 university students each year. These students conduct observations, research, practica, and field placements, facilitating the enormous population of students interested in child development. The lab school program is viewed as a model school and is involved in facilitating the professional development for the large population of teachers from other preschools, child care centers, and kindergartens across West Virginia and surrounding states.

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCES

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WVU HEARING CENTERComplete diagnostic and rehabilitative services are provided on a referral basis at the WVU Hearing Center run by the College’s Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. There are many opportunities in which students can learn from a variety of different experiences working with each patient’s individual needs.

WVU SPEECH CENTERAt the WVU Speech Center in CEHS, speech-language therapy is conducted under the supervision of a fully certified staff. Caseloads for a typical semester include clients with articulation, adult and child language, fluency, and voice disorders, for example. Both individual and group therapy sessions are offered.

WVU READING CLINICThe WVU Reading Clinic provides individual and group reading instruction for children. About 100 children are served each year through 2,000 instructional hours. Graduate students in the reading master’s program assist in the instruction.

BENEDUM COLLABORATIVETo build the knowledge, skills, and dispositions of an effective teacher, students enrolled in the Benedum Collaborative Five-Year Teacher Education Program begin their clinical experiences early in their programs of study and progress gradually toward more complex learning assignments within school settings. Six sequenced, intense, supported clinical experiences take place in the 30 professional development schools (PDSs) associated with the Benedum Collaborative. By the time a student graduates from this program, s/he will have spent more than 1,000 hours in clinical experiences in a PDS.

TeachLivE™ LABTeachLivE™ provides opportunities for students to develop the skills and learn the craft of teaching in a virtual education environment. Using TeachLivE™, teachers and students can correct errors as they master routines, experiment with new teaching ideas, and develop content area and pedagogical skills in a way that will transfer to a real classroom situation without negatively impacting the learning of real students.

SECOND LIFEThrough the Second Life online world, students create personalized avatars to analyze influential behavior, participate in active role play, and gain perspectives for classroom management and lesson planning.

CATE LABThe Collaborative Assistive Technology Lab is a cooperative center organized by faculty in Special Education and Communication Sciences and Disorders. Students learn how to select and use a wide range of mainstream and specialized devices to support individuals with disabilities in the context of educational and clinical interventions.

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RESEARCHThe College’s Program Evaluation and Research Center (PERC) conducts research and evaluation to inform the work of practitioners and policymakers concerning the efficacy of existing programs and the needs of specific populations for improvement of educational and social outcomes. Its operations span the PK-16+ educational continuum, and it has the human services and technological expertise to support evaluation across the entire life span of a project, including conceptualization, data collection and evaluation.

PERC by the numbers:

• $1,499,241 funding proposal from PERC under review at the National Science Foundation for a Math Science Partnership among PERC, three WVU colleges (CEHS, Statler, Eberly), and two WV county school systems (Harrison, Monongalia) focusing on mathematized design-based learning pedagogies.

• $1,327,729 National Institutes of Health funding for PERC to conduct a 5-year evaluation of the $53 million WV Clinical and Translation Research Project, which aims to positively impact the health of West Virginians by strengthening infrastructure for translation of basic biomedical science advances through to clinical applications with patients.

• $51,000 funded by nonprofit educational organizations for PERC to conduct evaluations of projects dedicated to increasing WV high school students’ graduation and post-secondary education participation rates.

• $9,000 funded by PERC for seed grants to faculty affiliates to stimulate and support their pursuit of external funding for impactful cutting-edge research.

• 27 PERC faculty affiliates are part of our organizational community, and 13 of those are actively involved in completed or ongoing projects.

• 4 graduate student researchers and 1 research assistant professor fully supported on externally funded research and evaluation projects.

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WV INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT AWARD: CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCHAssistant Director, Research Assistant Professor, and 3 Graduate Student Researchers National Institutes of HealthTotal Awarded: $19.6 million (NIH), $33.4 (institutional cost share)

West Virginia suffers from numerous health disparities, notably for cancer, cardiovascular-stroke, and obesity-related diseases. The WV Clinical and Translational Science Institute, which includes health sciences and clinical institutions in the state and throughout central Appalachia, provides a means for this project to enhance clinical and translational research and supporting infrastructure. This will result in long-term improvements to health and healthcare through translation of research findings to clinical care and public health policy. PERC’s role in this project is to provide external formative and summative evaluation, including development of core logic models, training and support of project personnel for internal evaluation and quality improvement, tracking and analysis of quality improvement metrics, and evaluation of project leadership.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE FOR TEACHERS SITE: ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENTNational Science Foundation Award Total Awarded: $500,000

Our aim with this project is to train and inspire science, technology, engineering, and mathematics teachers working in high-need schools in rural Appalachia through the Research Experience for Teachers in Energy and the Environment Program. West Virginia University hosts 10 to 12 middle and high school STEM teachers for six weeks each summer. Teachers are trained in project-based learning, attend the International Summer Energy School at the University of Birmingham, UK, and perform socially relevant and individualized research on energy conversion, materials for energy conservation and energy storage, alternative fuels and emissions, and environmental monitoring and maintenance. Faculty, graduate students, undergraduate students, and engineers from industry work in collaboration to initiate research projects that can continue in the teachers’ school districts during the school year. Findings from this project are being presented at the 2013 American Educational Research Association annual meeting in San Francisco, CA.

AMERICORP ON THE FRONTLINE FOR EDUCATIONEducation AllianceTotal Awarded: $21,000

In West Virginia, approximately one of every four ninth-grade students does not complete high school within four years, and many never do. Less than 60% of those who do graduate high school in West Virginia go on to higher education. The Education Alliance, a nonprofit organization based in Charleston, WV, seeks to address these challenges through this project by supporting students in Cabell, Calhoun, Doddridge, Monroe, Pleasants, Pocahontas, and Raleigh counties. The project includes weekly school-based mentoring of over 500 at-risk students utilizing Americorp volunteers trained by the Education Alliance mentors. PERC is meeting monthly with project personnel to discuss formative evaluation implications and apparent progress toward summative evaluation targets, and will provide biannual summative evaluation reports describing progress toward and attainment of expected outputs and outcomes.

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To be considered for graduate admission, a student must successfully complete the individual admission requirements of the program and/or academic department of interest. Please visit the departmental websites below for admissions information.

Curriculum and Instruction/Literacy Studies

http://cils.wvu.edu/home/admissions

Counseling, Rehabilitation Counseling, and Counseling Psychology

http://counseling.wvu.edu

Special Education

http://specialed.wvu.edu

Communication Sciences and Disorders

http://csd.wvu.edu

Learning Sciences and Human Development

http://lshd.wvu.edu

Program admission information can also be found on our college site:http://cehs.wvu.edu/admissions

ADMISSIONREQUIREMENTS

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A WVU degree represents a great future that is within your reach. In addition to reasonable tuition rates, WVU provides over $300 million in aid and scholarships awarded every year to help you meet those costs and achieve your educational and career goals. From scholarships to employment to tuition-reduction programs, as a WVU student, you will not have to sacrifice quality for price.

• Financial assistance information is available through the WVU Office of Graduate Education & Life. http://grad.wvu.edu/financial_assistance

• Financial aid information for students including loans, need-based aid, and work study options. http://financialaid.wvu.edu/

• The Office of Student Employment helps WVU students find part-time and seasonal employment to fund their college educations while gaining professional experience. http://studentjobs.wvu.edu

• Tuition cost information can be found at: http://financialaid.wvu.edu/tuition-cost-information/cost-of-attendance

The College of Education and Human Services awards more than $100,000 in need and merit-based scholarships to approximately 80 recipients each year. Find more information online at http://cehs.wvu.edu/scholarships

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• All graduate assistants are offered healthcare insurance.

• A new facility to consolidate student health and wellness programs is planned. It will offer urgent, primary, and travel abroad care and pharmacy, radiology, and laboratory services.

• Graduate students can participate in the excitement of WVU’s success in 16 Division I sports and new Big XII Conference membership.

• Miles of paved trails run through campus, and opportunities for hiking, skiing, kayaking, whitewater rafting and rock climbing are nearby.

• The Student Recreation Center includes pools, an elevated jogging track, multiple sports courts, and an indoor climbing wall. http://studentreccenter.wvu.edu/

• The Personal Rapid Transit system, an electronic people-mover, connects all areas of campus; students ride for free.

• All students and faculty can ride the local bus service at no cost.

• An intermodal transportation center includes a parking garage, a transit terminal for local bus lines and WVU shuttle bus services, and bicycle lockers and showers for those who like to ride their bikes to campus.

• Our graduate students participate in community service projects, such as clothing drives, Habitat for Humanity, homeless outreach, and recycling programs through the Center for Civic Engagement. http://cce.wvu.edu

LIVING HEREWelcome to the Mountaineer nation!

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Morgantown is located about an hour’s drive south of Pittsburgh, Pa., and offers direct air and bus service to Washington, D.C.

• BizJournals.com described us as the no. 1 dreamtown in the country.

• Forbes: tenth-best small city for business and careers (under 245,000) residents.

• MSN Careers: one of the Best Cities for Jobs.

• Number two on Forbes’ list for Best College Towns for Jobs.

• Third-best small town in America by Men’s Journal.

• Ranked as the Best Small City in the East and as third-best in America by the Guide to Life in America’s Small Cities.

MORGANTOWN IS #1

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West Virginia University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution. The University does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, age, disability, veteran status, religion, sexual orientation, color or national origin in the administration of any of its educational programs or activities, or with respect to admission or employment. Further, faculty, staff, students, and applicants are protected from retaliation for filing complaints or assisting in an investigation under the University’s Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Plan. Inquiries regarding the University’s nondiscrimination policy may be directed to the director, Affirmative Action Office/Equal Employment Opportunity Programs, West Virginia University - Office of the President.

West Virginia University is governed by the West Virginia University Board of Governors and the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission.

P.O. Box 6122Morgantown, WV 26506

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