Contact/Advising Information
Contact Information
Welcome to our advising page and thank you for your interest in our teacher education programs. We want to provide you with excellent support and advising as you consider becoming a teacher. Please view the below information and come visit us in Miller Hall 150. We are here to help and will answer all of your questions about applying to our programs and becoming a teacher. We look forward to meeting you in person!
Meet our advisors:
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Jennifer McCleery
360.650.3309 Jennifer has a passion for teaching and learning. As a former elementary, secondary, and Special Education teacher and school administrator, she welcomes meeting new students interested in becoming teachers and helping them achieve their dream. Outside of work, Jennifer has one amazing daughter who is in college and loves outdoor sports, baseball, and her dog Mac and cats, Nova and Samson. |
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Nancy Nelson 360.650.3553 Nancy has a passion for creative writing and working with college students. She welcomes the opportunity to get to know you and help you decide your route to becoming a teacher. Outside of work, Nancy has an amazing daughter Kinsey who just graduated from college, a wonderful husband Lin, and loves to be outdoors and spending time with her family and her dog Ben. |
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Cheryl Mathison 360.650.3313 Cheryl is passionate about working with college students; she enjoys their energy and helping them reach their goals. Come chat with her about our programs. Outside of work, Cheryl has a wonderful husband Jim and enjoys gardening and taking care of her dogs Tucker and Wylie. |
Please come visit us in our offices:
Miller Hall 150
Phone: 360-650-3313
Email:
TeacherEd.Admission@wwu.edu
Fax: 360-650-6583
Mailing Address for Applications:
Teacher Education Admissions -MS 9090
Western Washington University
516 High Street
Bellingham, WA 98225
DIVERSITY IN TEACHER EDUCATION
Wooding College is committed to and values applicants with diverse backgrounds, experiences, and identities because we believe diversity contributes to knowledge, social justice, and academic quality. Because they are under-represented in the teaching profession, Woodring College encourages students of color to apply to all Teacher Education programs. Males are also underrepresented in the K-12 education system, especially in Elementary (K-8) and Special Education (P-12) programs and are, therefore, encouraged to apply to teacher education programs.
Woodring College offers many scholarships, including a Promise Scholarship that could benefit students of color planning to become teachers. Students who accept this award will be joining with Woodring College in a “promise” agreement to maintain eligibility and apply to one of Woodring’s teacher education programs as soon as they have fulfilled the requirements for admission. In exchange, Woodring will guarantee priority admission to qualified students, a faculty mentor, a faculty-assigned academic advisor, lunch with the scholarship donor, and invitations to participate in special student activities. For more information and to view details of this program, click here on the Future Teachers of Color Promise Scholarships link. You can view all scholarships available to students by visiting the Scholarships link at the left side of this page.
HIGH NEED AREAS FOR TEACHERS
There are specific academic areas that have a high need for teachers. We encourage future teachers to consider these academic majors and apply to the appropriate teacher education program. These critical shortage subject areas are:
- Special Education
- Early Childhood Special Education
- English as a Second Language
- Bilingual Education
- Chemistry
- Physics
- Mathematics
Advising Information
We are dedicated to providing pre-admission advising to all students interested in our programs. To help meet your specific needs, we offer the following advising options. Please feel free to use these options that include our webpage, regular Friday Information Sessions, phone/email advising, and individual advising appointments.
FRIDAY INFORMATION SESSIONS
To help support you and to make sure we answer all of your questions carefully and thoroughly, we have pre-scheduled advising sessions during multiple Fridays throughout the academic year. Please join us on a Friday to receive information about our programs, admission requirements, application steps, the WEST-B, and Q & A time. In addition, we will often have a current student or faculty member present.
Upcoming Information Sessions:
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Time |
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1/18/2013 |
Miller Hall 150 |
4 p.m. |
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2/8/2013 |
Miller Hall 150 |
4 p.m. |
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3/8/2013 |
Miller Hall 150 |
4 p.m. |
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4/12/2013 |
Miller Hall 150 |
4 p.m. |
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5/17/2013 |
Miller Hall 150 |
4 p.m. |
PHONE OR EMAIL ADVISING
If you are unable to come to Bellingham, please feel free to contact us via phone or email to receive specific advising information. Our contact information is: 360-650-3313 or TeacherEd.Admission@wwu.edu.
