The MEd in elementary education for certified teachers provides in-service teachers with the opportunity to acquire new knowledge and skills and to build upon their current teaching skills.
Converse students who complete the MEd in elementary education (certified teachers) will be able to:
- Candidates will demonstrate an understanding of and are able to apply knowledge and skills specific to their discipline.
- Candidates will use research and evidence to develop school environments that support and assess students’ learning and their own professional practice specific to their discipline.
- Candidates will apply content and discipline-specific knowledge as reflected in state and/or national discipline-specific standards where they exist including Specialized Professional Associations.
- Candidates will model and apply technology standards as they design, implement and assess learning experiences/environments to engage students and improve learning; and enrich professional practice.
The MEd in elementary education is a 30-hour degree program designed for teachers already certified in early childhood, elementary, special education, secondary education, and/or certain other teaching areas. The program offers course selection across three categories of study:
- Research
- Psychological and Sociological Foundations
- Methodology and Content
Students should build upon their strengths, choose among add-on certification possibilities, and broaden their area of expertise.
- Teacher Work Sample (midway through program, developed in a required course of the same name).
- Portfolio based on the five core principles of the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (as a culminating assessment).
- Student must take the Praxis II in Elementary if not previously taken.
GPA of 3.0 must be maintained in content courses as well as education courses.
Research
Core
Concentration
Choice of Read to Succeed Course:
Choose from:
Content Hours
9 Content hours to be approved by Adviser