{"id":774,"date":"2012-09-10T20:03:55","date_gmt":"2012-09-10T20:03:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catalogs.wcsu.edu\/grad1213\/sps\/school-of-professional-studies\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T13:28:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T17:28:13","slug":"school-of-professional-studies","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/catalogs.wcsu.edu\/grad\/sps\/school-of-professional-studies\/","title":{"rendered":"SCHOOL OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 569px;\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 22.43px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 383.5px; height: 22.43px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\">Joan Palladino, Interim Dean, WH 123<\/span> <em><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 185.5px; height: 22.43px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times; font-size: 12pt;\">Phone: (203) 837-9500<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 22px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 383.5px; height: 22px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 185.5px; height: 22px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times; font-size: 12pt;\">eckertb@wcsu.edu<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 22px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 383.5px; height: 22px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times; font-size: 12pt;\">Maryann Rossi, Associate Dean, WH 121<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 185.5px; height: 22px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times; font-size: 12pt;\">Phone: (203) 837-8950<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 22px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 383.5px; height: 22px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 185.5px; height: 22px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times; font-size: 12pt;\">rossim@wcsu.edu<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 22px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 383.5px; height: 22px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times; font-size: 12pt;\">Elizabeth Koschel, Administrative Assistant, WH 123<\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 185.5px; height: 22px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times; font-size: 12pt;\">Phone: (203) 837-8576<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 22px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 383.5px; height: 22px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 185.5px; height: 22px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times; font-size: 12pt;\">Fax: (203) 837-8526<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 22px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 383.5px; height: 22px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/span><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 185.5px; height: 22px;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times; font-size: 12pt;\">koschele@wcsu.edu<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 18px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 383.5px; height: 18px;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 185.5px; height: 18px;\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Department<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Education Chairperson<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Katherine Roe, Chair<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Educational Psychology Co-Chairpersons<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stephanie Kuhn, Co-Chair, ABA Program Coordinator, WH 318B, (203) 837-3206<\/p>\n<p>Lorrie-Anne Monte, Co-Chair, Counselor Education Program Coordinator (Clinical Mental Health Counseling and School Counseling), WH 322C, (203) 837-3262<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Health Promotion\u00a0and Exercise Sciences Co-Chairperson<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Robyn Housemann, Chair, BR 230D, (203) 837-8882<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Health Promotion\u00a0and Exercise Sciences\u00a0Assistant Chairperson<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Emily Stevens, BR 230E, (203) 837-3903<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Justice and Law Administration Chairperson<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kim Marino, WS 353, (203) 837-3973<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Nursing Chairperson<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Jeanette Lupinacci, WH 107AE, (203) 837-8570<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Social Work Chairperson<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Karen Mclean, WH 101C, (203) 837-8937<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Mission and Objectives\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\">The mission of the School of Professional Studies is to prepare students to be highly competent professionals in\u00a0education, nursing, health promotion, and social work. The programs in the school are nationally recognized for achieving high professional standards and intensive clinical experiences. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\">The school recognizes the\u00a0effect of a dynamic, changing society on these professions and is committed to responding positively to these changes. This is accomplished by close involvement with practicing professionals and timely updates to our programs of study.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times; font-size: 12pt;\">The\u00a0school\u00a0actively contributes to the body of knowledge of these professions. Through applied research and scholarly activities, the faculty challenges students in scientific inquiry and performance-based practice. The school provides entry to these professions through initial preparation at the undergraduate level and further development through master&#8217;s and doctoral programs.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times; font-size: 12pt;\">Departments in the School of Professional Studies are responsive and creative in providing best-practice teaching methods in each of their disciplines.\u00a0Each department\u00a0uses evidence-based, experimental, teaching and learning methods and engages in interdisciplinary and collaborative efforts with other units within the university and the professional communities.\u00a0The School of Professional Studies is the\u00a0leading education center for western Connecticut in the professions\u00a0of education, nursing, health promotions,\u00a0and social work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"title\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Graduate Degree Programs<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times; 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font-size: 12pt;\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Certificate in Applied Behavior Analysis\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Master of Science in Education<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times; font-size: 12pt;\">Options:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times; font-size: 12pt;\">\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Curriculum<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times; font-size: 12pt;\">\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002\u2002Instructional Technology (non-certification)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times; font-size: 12pt;\">Master of Science in Education in Literacy and Language Arts<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times; font-size: 12pt;\">Master of Science in Education in Special Education\u00a0 (K-12)<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times; 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Joan Palladino, Interim Dean, WH 123 Phone: (203) 837-9500 \u00a0 eckertb@wcsu.edu Maryann Rossi, Associate Dean, WH 121 Phone: (203) 837-8950 \u00a0 rossim@wcsu.edu Elizabeth Koschel, Administrative Assistant, WH 123 Phone: (203) 837-8576 \u00a0 Fax: (203) 837-8526 \u00a0 koschele@wcsu.edu \u00a0 \u00a0 &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":756,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-774","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalogs.wcsu.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/774","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalogs.wcsu.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalogs.wcsu.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalogs.wcsu.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalogs.wcsu.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=774"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/catalogs.wcsu.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/774\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catalogs.wcsu.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catalogs.wcsu.edu\/grad\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=774"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}