{"id":7114,"date":"2026-01-09T09:23:55","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T15:23:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/?page_id=7114"},"modified":"2026-01-09T09:23:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T15:23:56","slug":"education-academic-departments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.winona.edu\/academics\/colleges\/education\/education-academic-departments\/","title":{"rendered":"Education Academic Departments & Center"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Education Academic Departments & Center<\/h1>
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With expert faculty in the classrooms and practical experiences in the community, the academic departments in the College of Education are dedicated to preparing students for a variety of careers in education fields.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n \n

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Dean’s Welcome<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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At our Winona State University College of Education, we are collectively shaping a culture that values human dignity, invigorated by transformative practices that expand the frontiers of learning, teaching, and being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your Winona State University College of Education is a place where you will always belong.  Our aspirations are tied to your continued learning and growth, your immediate needs, your long-term best interests . . . your path to being professional, prepared, and innovative. We want nothing more than your success. Your success is our success.  We know that a thriving, well prepared educator, counselor, and\/or leader devoted to inclusive excellence and deep learning will lead learners who thrive. We believe in whole learner education that includes everyone. For us, all means all.  All people have deep and rich capacities. It is our shared task to see them, engage them, and bring them to flourish. Your journey to becoming and being a professional is a mighty one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WSU has a storied history and longstanding reputation for educational excellence.  What started as the first Normal School for teacher training west of the Mississippi River, at the birth of the state of Minnesota, has grown into a regionally prominent and nationally recognized university.  Within our university, your College of Education has prepared, and will continue to prepare, highly effective teachers, counselors, and educational leaders committed to excellence in public service as influential and effective professional, committed, and humanizing education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your experience at Winona State University, in your College of Education, is unique and will prepare you for the challenges and opportunities ahead. You are a personification of our reputation for excellence in education.  You have the opportunity to continue to enrich our thriving, supportive, and compassionate village through your service to others.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Child, Adolescent, & Advocacy Studies<\/div>\n
The Child Advocacy Studies program can provide a career in many fields including social services, healthcare, education and criminal justice.<\/div>\n \n\n Child, Adolescent, & Advocacy Department<\/span>\n<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n
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Counselor Education<\/div>\n
The Counselor Education Department prepares competent school and clinical mental health counselors to build professional relationships that empower and support individuals, groups, and families to achieve mental health, educational, wellness, and career goals. <\/div>\n \n\n Counselor Education Department<\/span>\n<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n
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Early Childhood & Elementary Education<\/div>\n
The Early Childhood & Elementary Education Department prepares students to be teachers who adapt to the individual child\u2019s needs, are responsive to the social context of learning within the classroom, and advocate for children beyond the individual classroom.<\/div>\n \n\n ECEE Department<\/span>\n<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n
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Education Studies<\/div>\n
The Education Studies Department houses the Business Education program and the Foundations of Education sequence that all underpins the teacher education licensure programs.<\/div>\n \n\n Education Studies Department<\/span>\n<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n
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Leadership Education<\/div>\n
The Leadership Education Department strives to prepare students for school and organization management in ways that help each individual learner.<\/div>\n \n\n Leadership Education Department<\/span>\n<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n
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Physical Education & Sport Science<\/div>\n
The Physical Education and Sport Science programs can provide a career in physical education, coaching, sports administration and more.<\/div>\n \n\n PESS Department<\/span>\n<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n
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Special Education<\/div>\n
The Special Education Department prepares teachers to work with students who have various developmental and behavioral disabilities.<\/div>\n \n\n Special Education Department<\/span>\n<\/a>\n\n<\/div>\n
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The Center for Student Success (CSS) assists teacher candidates from pre-admission to their first semester at WSU and through the student teaching process prior to graduation. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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We offer advising, answers to program questions, clinical experience placements, and student teaching placements. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

CSS provides collaborative leadership and expert knowledge to the College of Education by:  <\/p>\n\n\n\n