Department of Educational Foundations and Exceptionalities

Dr. William White, Department Head
Phone: (540) 568-6193
Email: whitewl@jmu.edu
Location: Memorial Hall, Room 3126
Website: http://www.jmu.edu/coe/efex/index.shtml

Professors
L. Desportes, S. Wasta

Associate Professors
D. Allen-Bronaugh, K. Bethune, S. Blatz, C.R. Bosch, K. Koubek, T. Thomas

Assistant Professors
T. Brown, R. Rodriguez, S. Snyder, M. Williams

Instructor
L. Schick

The Department of Educational Foundations and Exceptionalities offers programs in special education, inclusive education, teaching English to speakers of other languages and gifted education.

Student Teaching

Candidates must apply to student teach one year prior to their student teaching semester. At that time, students must be fully accepted into teacher education, be admitted unconditionally to graduate school and have a 3.0 graduate GPA.

Programs

• Special Education Master’s Level Licensure
• Special Education Non-Teaching Minor
• Special Education: General Curriculum K-Twelve
• Special Education: Gifted Education
• Special Education: Inclusive Early Childhood Education (IECE) Master’s Level Licensure Birth – Third Grade
• Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) PK-Twelve: Undergraduate Licensure Program
• Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages: Non-Licensure TESOL Minor