Education - While at Whitman

• Contact a Pre-Education Advisor for any questions about anything related to education not found on the Pre-Education website, especially to connect you with Whitman and local education professionals, meet with one of these Advisors:
  • Doug Juers (Physics)
  • Erin Pahlke (Psychology)
  • Abby Juhasz (Assistant Director of Community Engagement)
• Find out about current events and opportunities on campus related to education by joining the Education Listserv. Contact Erin Pahlke, Education Advisor and Associate Professor of Psychology [email: pahlkeee@whitman.edu], if you would like to be added.
• Pay attention to your professors' ways of teaching
• Think about tutoring on campus through the  Academic Resource Center. 
• Contact  The Center for Writing and Speaking (COWS) for information about tutoring opportunities, especially relating to the teaching of writing, contact Professor Lydia McDermott, COWS Director at mcdermlm@whitman.edu.
• Become a Student Career Advisor to assist other Whitman students with resumes, cover letters, job applications, etc.
• Get involved with Whitman's Premier Outdoor Program and apply for one of the instructor/leader positions.
• Apply to work as a student aide at our on-campus childcare center: The Kids Place.
• Get off campus to volunteer and interact with local students and education professionals through the Career and Community Engagement Center
• Career and Community Engagement Center can also help you with internships or connecting with Whitman alumni in education professions, locally or elsewhere, contact the CCEC at ccec_info@whitman.edu. Seek education-related job search help and internships through programs offered through Handshake. (Or contact: Abby Juhasz) 
  • America Reads America Counts
  • Classroom Connections
  • Bilingual United
  • Story Time Project
• Seek local school-based opportunities (some paid) through community programs that support college readiness and learning improvement:
  • Walla Walla High School  AVID Tutors (Advancement via Individual Determination) (Contact: sbweber@wwps.org, 526-8621)
  • Academic Lab - an academic resource center at Walla Walla High School (Contact:  wahigearup@wwps.org
  • WSU GEAR UP (Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs) at Walla Walla High School (Contact:  wahigearup@wwps.org)
• Consider summer opportunities in education-related placements:
  • Campfire (Walla Walla)
  • YMCA (Walla Walla)
  • YWCA (Walla Walla)
  • Breakthrough Collaborative (multiple locations nationally)
• Apply for NOAA's Hollings Scholarship for academic assistance and a 10-week summer internship available to sophomores majoring in STEM and interested in Education.
• Take one of these courses at Whitman that directly interrogate Education, including:
  • Composition 310: The Theory and Practice of Tutoring Writing;
  • Philosophy 222: Education and Autonomy;
  • Politics 321: Is American Higher Education in Crisis?
  • Psychology 219: Educational Psychology;
  • Psychology 240: Developmental Psychology;
  • Psychology 310: Seminar in Adolescent Development;
  • Psychology 319: Poverty and Child Development;
  • Sociology 279: Sociology of Education;
  • Sports Studies, Recreation & Athletics (SSRA) multiple courses in leadership, coaching, and instruction

Contact your Pre-Major or Major Advisor for how to navigate the Course Catalog to find other courses relating to Education, and how to talk to professors who teach them.