We offer programs to support teaching professionals throughout their careers. Our faculty train teachers across curricula and educational levels, preparing them to make a difference in a variety of classrooms, from preschool through secondary and for students with special needs.
In addition to teaching, our graduates are studying curricula and theories, making advances that help teachers and students everywhere.
Guiding Statement
The Department of Teaching and Learning Community is committed to preparing skilled, knowledgeable, and reflective educational professionals who value the search for truth and freedom of thought and expression. We also strive to create diverse and inclusive spaces, and act ethically in all our endeavors.
As professionals, educators, and lifelong learners, these values are inherent in our teaching, research, and service in the following ways:
- Building trusting relationships with students, communities, and constituents with whom we collaborate and serve.
- Developing and teaching courses that include effective and innovative practices reflecting changes in our respective disciplines.
- Providing professional development to current and future practitioners working in varied learning environments.
- Engaging the broader field of education across a variety of learning environments and professional contexts.
- Sharing the results of our research for the development of sound educational policies and practices.
- Preparing culturally responsive and globally competent professionals for the future.
Degrees & Programs
- BS in Early Childhood Education
- Tracks: Early Childhood Development; Prekindergarten/Primary Education: Age 3 through Grade 3 and Reading/English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Endorsement
- Online BS in Early Childhood Education: Early Childhood Development Track
- BS in Elementary Education
- Tracks: Career Development; Teacher Preparation with English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) and Reading Endorsements
- BS in Exceptional Student Education (ESE)
- Tracks: English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) Endorsement and Reading Endorsement; Special Education, Educational Foundations and Policy
- Online BS in Exceptional Student Education: Special Education, Educational Foundations and Policy Track
- Kinesiology Program
- Minor in Education
- Professional Training Option (PTO)
Education Honor Society
FIU's chapter of Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society organizes events and services to support an energetic, diverse community of scholar-educators.
News
Campus & CommunityTeacher prep program to support "English learners" in public school system
Feb 8, 2023
Campus & CommunitySpecial Education program receives $1.25 million to support master’s students
Sep 16, 2022
Politics, Law & SocietySports officials are just as susceptible to emotions as everyone else, FIU study finds
Jun 28, 2022
Campus & CommunityNo one wants to teach in the era of school shootings
May 27, 2022
Arts & CulturePanthers earn prestigious 2022 NSF Graduate Research Fellowships
May 10, 2022
Science & Technology5 growing trends in curriculum and instruction for K-6
Apr 18, 2022
Contact Us
Department of Teaching and Learning
11200 SW 8th Street, ZEB 268
Miami, FL 33199
Tel: 305-348-2003
tchlrn@fiu.edu