WWU Give Day 2026

The Secondary Education program is designed for students who want to become teachers at the middle or high school level and leads to recommendation by the State of Washington for a teaching certificate. Our related programs include:

• Undergraduate/Post-Baccalaureate Program (Bellingham)
• Master in Teaching Programs (Bellingham, Everett, & Renton)
• Education and Social Justice Minor
• Office of Diversity, Recruitment, and Retention

We believe:

• Teaching and learning are collaborative and are built on critical inquiry processes
• Learning is a reciprocal, on-going process, requiring openness to new ideas
• Effective democratic teachers build on the valuable knowledge and assets students bring to the learning process
• In honoring and supporting the young people of our communities, enabling them to fulfill their essential role in creating sustainable societies.
• In recognizing that all beings are interdependent, and every form of life has value regardless of its worth to human beings.
• In promoting social and economic justice, enabling all to achieve a secure and meaningful livelihood that is ecologically responsible

We center social justice with the assertions that:

• Systems of power and privilege give rise to inequities in society
• Justice requires a critical analysis of social, cultural and institutional systems and how they contribute to inequity
• Critical self-reflection helps us understand the beliefs and positions we hold, our world view, and where those perspectives come from
• Staying open to other points of view, and understanding and valuing the lived experiences of others is a central requisite of working toward a more just society