Department of Education, Psychology and Health
The Department of Education, Psychology and Health provides the following support services:
The Curriculum Materials Center located in the Willie and Jacqueline Gilchrist Education Building, provides a wide variety of books and instructional materials in the Teacher Education areas and at levels ranging from pre-primary through high school. The center houses state curriculum textbooks, ancillary materials, and selected journals. For prospective teachers, materials are available for unit construction, lesson planning, instructional aids, and teaching strategies. Other specific areas include the Children’s Reading Room and the Professional Library.
The Instructional Technology Laboratory provides state-of-the-art instructional technology. Candidates have the opportunity to focus in-depth on class assignments and research projects. Students and faculty are taught to use state-of-the-art technologies for integrating these technologies into a 21st Century delivery system.
The Elizabeth City State University Laboratory School serves children ages three through five years. The Laboratory School is a component of the Department of Education, Psychology and Health. The Laboratory School’s goal is to provide education majors an opportunity to become familiar with young children and their characteristics, and to enable the transition of theoretical concepts into practical application. In addition to being a site for training teacher education majors, the Laboratory School’s goal is to provide a learning environment that will help young children develop to their maximum potential physically, cognitively, socially, and emotionally.
All classrooms in the Willie and Jacqueline Gilchrist Education and Psychology Complex have been constructed to support full audiovisual conferencing, and classrooms have audiovisual display capabilities to enhance instruction. These resources serve as technological support for faculty, staff, and students for presentations, research, demonstration, and teaching.
Elizabeth City State University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award degrees at the baccalaureate and master’s levels. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call (404) 679-4500 for questions about the status of ECSU.
The Teacher Education Program is a member of the American Association of Colleges of Teacher Education (AACTE) and the North Carolina Association of Colleges of Teacher Education (NCACTE).
The Teacher Education Program is accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), 210 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W., Suite 500, Washington, DC 20036-1023) and has North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI) program approval.
For more information, contact:
Dr. Saundra S. Copeland, MSA Program Coordinator
Department of Education & Psychology
Phone: 252-335-3337
Fax: 252-335-3554
sscopeland@ecsu.edu