Licensure Year 1 focuses on licensure coursework including content methods, content literacy, and engaging learning environments. You will have one semester of student practicum and one semester of student teaching required for Colorado licensure. As a student teacher, you will have a mentor teacher and a college supervising instructor who will work with you at your chosen placement location.

Licensure Year 2 includes coursework in instructional technology, teacher professional growth, and graduate research. You will have ongoing mentorship and support while teaching full-time during your second year of the program.

Teacher Leadership Year 1 focuses on 21st Century curriculum design, emerging technology, data analysis, cultural competency, and assessments and student-centered differentiated instruction.

Teacher Leadership Year 2 includes coursework on instructional coaching, effective school leadership, and action research. You will have a faculty advisor to mentor and support you as you complete your research and develop your culminating research project in a topic of your choosing.

Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education Year 1 focuses on educational linguistics, cultural competency, multilingual methods, and assessment and policy for multilingual learners.

Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education Year 2 includes content area learning, literacy and language development, and action research. You will have a faculty advisor to mentor an support you as you complete a research project in a topic of your choosing.

Special Education Year 1 focuses on foundations of Special Education, identification and assessment of students with disabilities, family and professional relations and IEP development, and literacy methods for students with disabilities.

Special Education Year 2 includes mathematical interventions for students with disabilities, support systems for significant and behavioral needs, and a culminating research project (student teaching is included in Year 2 if seeking licensure). You will have a faculty advisor to mentor an support you as you complete a research project in a topic of your choosing.

All of our graduate programs engage in high quality hybrid or online instruction from experienced instructors in a cohort model. We value community building among students and faculty and encourage learning from your peers as well as faculty.

Our graduate students are matched with a one-on-one advisor to help guide them through their culminating research project. Additionally, our graduate students have mentors that regularly provide feedback, help with lesson plan design, and support them during their student teaching experience.

Our graduate students have the flexibility and autonomy to select any research topic they want to pursue for their culminating project (from a traditional research paper, to a self-review, to a curriculum analysis or design, to developing a professional development workshop, to name a few).

In every Fort Lewis program, we prioritize cultural competency. With our strong ties to the cultures in our region, our graduate program embeds culturally-responsive pedagogy into all of its coursework. Our students’ opportunities to engage in teaching practice reflect our area’s diverse communities.