The mission of the Division of Education is to prepare competent and highly proficient teachers who possess the knowledge, understanding, skills, abilities, and attitudes required of professional educators.

GOALS

General goals of the Division of Education are to:

• provide the content knowledge required to master/pass the Texas Examinations of Educator Standards (TExES).
• provide extensive supervised field-based and laboratory experiences throughout the pre-service teacher certification program;
• provide prospective teachers with an understanding of the learner-centered learning processes, and to translate these understandings into appropriate teaching behaviors;
• provide opportunities for teacher candidates to experience professional practices, responsibilities and organizational structure of the education profession;
• develop a cadre of prospective teachers who demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and professional behavior required for becoming effective teachers;
• prepare teacher candidates with a foundation for successful study at the graduate level.

• Teacher Education majors are required to take 18 hours of professional education courses. Students must earn a grade of C or above in each of these courses.

• Complete a Division of Education application by the end of the sophomore year.
• Submit a transcript showing that 60 hours have been earned with an overall 2.75 GPA.
• Pass all parts of the Texas Higher Education Assessment (THEA) in reading, writing and mathematics, with a score of 265 or above in reading and minimum score of 220 in writing, and 230 in mathematics or earn a grade of (B) or better in College Algebra, US History I, and English Composition I.
• Meet all requirements as specified by the applicable catalog in force at the time the student is admitted to the Teacher Education program.
• Meet all financial obligations to the College.
• Submit a writing sample to the Teacher Education Committee.
• Be accepted into the program by the Teacher Education Committee.

Organizations, Clubs, Societies

Teacher Education majors are encouraged to join the local campus Association of Texas Professional Educators (ATPE). ATPE is a State Board for Educator Certification approved provider of continuing professional education credit. This organization offers high-caliber professional development opportunities for its members through small, interactive sessions on a variety of topics.

For more information about the Division of Education and its programs, please contact the following department faculty:

Alice Ajanga, Ph.D.
(903) 927-3205
aajanga@wileyc.edu

Risa Anderson, M.Ed.
(903) 927-3205
randerson1@wileyc.edu

Abraham Campos, Ed.D.
(903) 927-3205
acampos@wileyc.edu

Wilma Jamerson, M.Ed.
(903) 927-3205
wjamerson@wileyc.edu

Horace Maxile, Ph.D.
(903) 927-3205
hmaxile@wileyc.edu

Lisa Taylor, M.A., M.A.
(903) 923-2432
ltaylor@wileyc.edu

Patrick Wavomba, Ph.D.
(903) 927-3331
pwavomba@wileyc.edu

Music

JuYeon (Julia) Lee, Ed.D.
(903) 927-3278
jjlee@wileyc.edu

T. Bernard Clayton, Ph.D.
(903) 927-3279
tclayton@wileyc.edu

Ms. Lynda Garcia, M.M.
(903) 927-3205
lgarcia@wileyc.edu

Mr. Stephen Hayes, B.A.
(903) 927-3052
shays@wileyc.edu

Physical Education

Ms. Willie Owens, M.Ed., M.S.
(903) 927-3290
wowens@wileyc.edu

Spanish Education

Guido Arze, Ph.D.
(903) 923-1632
garze@wileyc.edu

Flora Valencia, Ph.D.
(903) 927-3205
fmvalencia@wileyc.edu

Alejandro Sanchez-Aizcorbe, Ph.D.
(903) 927-3205
acsanchez-aizcorbe@wileyc.edu