Department Overview
                  
                  
                  
                     
                        
The Department of Secondary & Middle Grades Education focuses on the development of
                           teachers in English/language arts, mathematics, reading, the sciences, and social
                           studies for the middle grades (4-8) and in mathematics and the sciences for the secondary
                           grades (6-12). We also collaboratively offer an endorsement in Reading with the Department
                           of Elementary and Early Childhood Education. Our department includes faculty with
                           academic expertise in curriculum and instruction and in the core areas of the school
                           curriculum (English/language arts, mathematics, the sciences, and social studies),
                           as well as foundational areas, including educational psychology, educational research,
                           instructional technology, and inclusive education. |  
                  
                  Academic Distinction Statement 
                  
                  SMGE humanizes education with learner-centered teaching, scholarship and service by building transformative, sustainable, and reciprocal partnerships grounded in fairness and inclusion with teachers, families, schools, and communities. We prepare teachers at all career stages to meet students’ intellectual and social-emotional needs in developmentally appropriate ways. Our department is nationally recognized for work in Curriculum and Instruction; Middle Grades and Secondary Education at the undergraduate and graduate levels. We have the largest doctoral enrollment in Bagwell.