ECEM Current Students

Welcome Back Students

WWU Red Square Fountain

New ELED Declared Major Student Orientation

Date: 1/5/2026
Time: 10:00am-11:30am
Location: (on campus) email eled@wwu.edu 

First Quarter Classes to Take

Early Childhood

Register for the following, unless you have previously completed them.

  • ECE 390 4cr.
  • ECE 431 4cr.
  • I T 344 1cr.
  • SPED 364 4cr.
  • ELED 311 1cr.
     

Elementary Education

Register for the following, unless you have previously completed them.

  • ELED 305 5cr.
  • ELED 311 1cr.
  • ELED 460 5cr.

  • MLE 441 5cr. 

     

Program Retention

Early Childhood Education Program Retention

Retention in the program requires continuous demonstration of competence in all course work. Retention also requires maintenance of a 2.75 quarterly GPA for each quarter upon admission to the Early Childhood Education Program. Courses required for a state teaching endorsement and for the professional education sequence must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or better. 
  

Elementary Education Program Retention

Retention in the program requires continuous demonstration of competence in standard oral and written English in all course work. Retention also requires maintenance of a 2.75 quarterly GPA for each quarter upon admission to Elementary Education. Courses required for a state teaching endorsement and for the professional education sequence must be completed with a grade of C (2.0) or better.  

Internship Experience

Early Childhood Education Internship Experience

Preschool Internship

The preschool internship occurs in Spring. You do not need to complete an internship application for the preschool portion of the internship.

Elementary Internship

P-3 interns are in the same classroom for both Fall and Winter quarters.

Fall (part-time):
  • Bellingham Campus interns attend Mondays and Wednesdays all day during WWU term plus September Experience of 40 hours during first three weeks of public school year
  • Bremerton interns attend Tuesdays and Thursdays all day during WWU term plus September Experience of 40 hours during first three weeks of public school year
Winter (full-time):
  • Starts when teachers report back to work in January; ends the Friday of WWU’s winter final’s week

Elementary Education Internship Experience

The Elementary Education program has developed partnerships with local school districts and places applicants exclusively in the Whatcom and Skagit regions. Interns participate in a cohort model at specific schools selected by the Elementary program and in collaboration with our partner districts. Cohorts meet regularly at school sites to engage in Professional Development and share internship experiences. This model does not support placing students in schools outside of the cohort, therefore the ELED program does not accommodate Out of Area Requests. 
 

  • Fall: North of Bellingham
  • Winter: Bellingham
  • Spring: Skagit Valley

Internship Sequence

Fall, Winter, Spring Sequence

Same classroom for all terms

  • Fall (part-time): To engage in school start-up activities, interns are required to be in their classrooms the day before school starts, the first day of school and full days on Tuesdays and Thursdays for the few weeks leading up to the start of WWU's quarter. When WWU classes start, interns continue attending their internship classrooms all day Tuesday & Thursday for the remainder of WWU term.
  • Winter (part-time): Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday all day during WWU term.
  • Spring (full-time): Starts Monday of WWU’s Spring Break (candidate may not take the WWU Spring Break); ends the Friday before WWU's spring final's week.
Winter, Spring, Fall Sequence

Same classroom for all terms

  • Winter (part-time): Tuesday & Thursday all day during WWU term.
  • Spring (part-time): Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday all day during WWU term.
  • Fall (full-time): Starts when teachers report back to work after the summer break; ends the Friday of WWU's fall final's week.
Spring, Fall, Winter Sequence

(same classroom for all terms)

  • Spring (part-time): Tuesday & Thursday all day during WWU term.
  • Fall (part-time): Interns are required to be in their classrooms the day before school starts, the first day of school and full days on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays for the few weeks leading up to the start of WWU's quarter. When WWU classes start, interns continue attending their internship classrooms for full days on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays for the remainder of WWU term.
  • Winter (full-time): Starts when teachers report back to work in January; ends the Friday before WWU’s winter final’s week.