Admission and Registration

Tips to determine your readiness to apply:

• General Advising

  • Woodring Advisor- Contact wce.advising@wwu.edu for questions on preparing to apply

• Academic Preparation

  • Endorsement - get an endorsement evaluation
    • Get copies of transcripts
      • Current WWU students should contact your academic department advisor.
      • Non-WWU Post-bac. and MIT applicants must include course descriptions and/or syllabi for relevant courses to your endorsement.
      • Post-bac. applicants, send materials to wce.teachered.admiss@wwu.edu.
      • MIT applicants request an evaluation in your online application.
  • Transfer Course Equivalency Guide - self-check courses from other institutions to see if they serve as WWU substitute courses
  • Academic department advisors
  • Post-bac. or MIT- if you need to take WWU courses prior to applying to SEC program
    • WWU post-bac. admissions
    • Non-matriculated student application
    • Look for course equivalencies at other institutions and confirm with WWU faculty.

• Application Essay Questions

  • ​​​We believe that effective teachers must possess the knowledge, skills and dispositions to successfully facilitate learning for students of diverse backgrounds and abilities. The essays are intended to reveal aspects about you as a person- including the knowledge, abilities and the personal experiences that you will bring into the complex demands of teaching.

  • The essays will be reviewed based on the following criteria: academic preparation, experience with youth, experience working with diverse populations, a commitment to social justice, and writing proficiency. Each essay should address the prompt, include your name, title of essay, and be 1-2 pages, 12pt, double-spaced.

    • Essay 1

      Tell us why you wish to pursue a career in teaching. How do your experiences and disposition prepare you to be successful in the Secondary Education program?

    • Essay 2

      How might an educator's unacknowledged biases or taken-for-granted assumptions affect their ability to create a safe, inclusive, and culturally responsive learning environment?

    • Essay 3

      Describe your experiences with youth and families in diverse socio-economic, cultural and linguistic settings. Comment on any experiences with academic courses that have provided you knowledge of multicultural and social justice issues and challenges. How does this knowledge and experiences prepare you to be an effective teacher?