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Brooke Hanks MA
Senior Lecturer, Graduate Program Director, Elementary Licensure Program Coordinator, Reading Specialist Program Coordinator, and Chair
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Functional Areas
K-12 Licensure + MA in Education Principal Licensure + MA in Education Alternative Licensure + MA in Education Secondary Licensure + MA in Education Alternative Principal Licensure + MA in Education Early Childhood Professional Certificate MA in Education MA in Special Education Elementary Education Elementary Education with MA in Education Elementary Licensure + MA in Education K-12 Physical Education Licensure with MA in Education Art Education Degree – K-12 Licensure K-12 Physical Education Spanish K-12 Licensure Art K-12 Licensure with MA in Education Music K-12 Licensure with MA in Education Spanish K-12 Licensure with MA in Education Alternative Licensure + MA in Special Education Chemistry Secondary Education with MA in Education Economics Secondary Licensure with MA in Education Biology Secondary Education with MA in Education English Secondary Licensure with MA in Education Geology (Earth Space Science Secondary Education) with MA in Education History Secondary Licensure with MA in Education Mathematics Secondary Education Politics and Government Secondary Licensure with MA in Education Theatre Secondary Licensure with MA in EducationEducation
MA, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, Curriculum and Instruction, 1999BA, Western Colorado University, Biology, 1994
Biography
Brooke fundamentally believes that teachers matter more to student learning than anything else inside a school; thus, her life’s passion and commitment has been, and continues to be, to lead pre-service and current educators to improve their instructional practices to increase the learning of their students, especially in the area of literacy. Brooke holds a professional teaching license in both Elementary Education and Secondary Sciences in the state of Colorado. She started teaching at Western in 2006. Prior to that, she was a District Literacy and Assessment Coordinator for 13 schools, a Reading First Project Director, a Literacy Coach at an at-risk elementary school, a Site Coordinator for a Middle School After School Program, a 9th grade reading and writing teacher for at risk students, and a 5th and 6th grade elementary school teacher. Brooke also serves(d) as an Educational Consultant for the Colorado Early Literacy Grant and for EL Education (formerly known as Expeditionary Learning), as well as on state and national committees.