Teacher Education – Endorsements
You know your stuff. Here is how you can teach it.
Teacher candidates complete coursework that leads to an endorsement in a teaching subject approved by Washington state.
For our students who plan to teach grades K-8, they will pursue an endorsement in elementary education.
For WSU students who plan to teach specific subjects (such as high school history or music), those students will complete a major in that area of expertise, and will choose the teacher preparation option.
Specific subject teaching certificate programs
Specific subject teaching certificate programs
Candidates who want to teach specific subjects shall declare a major and meet the degree and endorsement requirements of the subject-matter department, and complete the Secondary Education Professional Core Requirements. To enhance employment opportunities, it is recommended that candidates complete requirements for an additional endorsement.
Secondary education professional core requirements
- Secondary Education Professional Core[coming soon]
Endorsement checklists
(Below you will find contact information for an advisor outside of the College of Education for each specific content area)
- Biological Science Advisor: Susan Schroeder , (509) 335-1483, schroedersa@wsu.edu
- Chemistry Advisor: Jeremy Lessman, 509-335-2098, jlessman@wsu.edu
- Choral Music Advisor: Martin King, martin.king@wsu.edu
- Earth and Space Science
- Elementary Education
- English Language Arts
- French Advisor: Laurie Heustis, (509) 335-4136, heustis@wsu.edu
- History Advisor: Frank Hill, (509) 335-5670, fhill002@wsu.edu
- Instrumental Music Advisor: Martin King, martin.king@wsu.edu
- Mathematics Advisor: Molly Clayton, (509) 335-6868, mclayton@wsu.edu
- Music Advisor: Martin King, martin.king@wsu.edu
- Physics
- Social Studies Advisor: Frank Hill, (509) 335-5670, fhill002@wsu.edu
- Spanish Advisor: Laurie Heustis, (509) 335-4136, heustis@wsu.edu
Career and Technical Education
- Agriculture Advisor: Anna Warner, (509) 335-1172, anna.warner@wsu.edu
- Family and Consumer Sciences Advisor: Debbie Handy, (509) 335-2935, handy@wsu.edu
Add-on Endorsements (non-degree)
- English Language Learners (ELL) checklist [PDF link coming soon]
- English Language Learners (ELL) information [PDF link coming soon]
- Bilingual Education [PDF link coming soon]
- Middle Level Mathematics [PDF link coming soon]
- Middle Level Science [PDF link coming soon]
- Special Education checklist [PDF link coming soon]
- Special Education add-on information