Educators in Context & Community (ECCO) is a comprehensive career-based professional development learning community for education majors and others who work with children. We focus on acclimating educators to the diverse cultures and communities—urban, rural, and suburban—which their students bring with them into the classroom. We focus on preparing our members both socially and emotionally for the rigors of teaching. We focus on cultural competence—being aware of and able to work in diverse settings with diverse students. We focus on educators knowing themselves, their students, the community, and their profession. ECCO is open to all education majors and class standings. 

The ECCO Difference: You get more!

Regardless of whether you are in ECCO or not, all Education majors are required to take the Introduction to Education course.  However with ECCO, you get to take the ECCO Introduction to Education course with other ECCO members who you already know and live near.  Additionally, all Education majors have some field placement experience.  However with ECCO, you get even MORE time in the classroom! Below you can see how much more you get by joining the ECCO Learning Community.