This program will help you to design and incorporate the latest innovations in instructional teaching and learning into your daily instruction.
The process of instruction is essential to meeting the needs of all levels of learners in the classroom. The field of teaching is evolving faster than ever before. This degree program will bring you the most up to date and current trends in the field from new technologies, teaching diverse student populations, and special needs students to current school law.
This program has four tracks:
Lead Teacher
This track, designed for educators holding a PDE Instructional I or Instructional II certificate, includes a research study into a topic of interest to you that is also a topic of interest to school stakeholders whether they are parents, administrators, teachers, students, or community members.
STEAM Education
This track designed for educators holding a PDE Instructional I or Instructional II certificate will introduce you to STEAM in the classroom to get you started in this growing essential field within education
Social and Emotional Learning
This track, designed for educators holding a PDE Instructional I or Instructional II certificate, focuses on the theories and practices for district-wide, school wide, classroom and community engagement in the whole child through social and emotional learning standards. As the world continues to change and become more complex, experts believe that students need to receive explicit instruction and application of skills in the five core concepts: Self Awareness, Self-Management, Social Awareness, Relationship Skills, and Responsible Decision Making.
Reading Specialist
This track, designed for educators holding a PDE Instructional I or Instructional II certificate, is designed for educators seeking to gain certification in Reading, based on a multi-sensory structured literacy framework.
The Reading Specialist Program strives to: Prepare practitioners to be diagnostic and prescriptive through data-driven instruction and targeted intervention based upon the pedagogy and methodology of Orton-Gillingham in order to meet the diverse needs of today’s learners.
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Effective July 5, 2024 the rate per credit hour for courses in the master's degree and certificate programs will be $560.* Registration for this summer session opens April 1, 2024.
*Excludes the PDE Letter of Eligibility (Superintendent)
Curriculum (33 Credits)
M.S. in Teaching and Learning: Lead Teacher
GE-6015 Introduction to Statistical Data and Research
GE-6035 Teaching and Supervising Diverse Student Populations
GE-6080 Foundations of Instructional Technology for Teaching and Learning
GE-6091 Assessment Theory and Design to Support 21st Century Instruction
GE-6093 Teaching Math for Success in the 21st Century Elementary Classroom
GE-6092 Problem Based Learning Design for the 21st Century Learners
GE-6115 Principles, Methods, Development and Assessment of Curriculum
GE-6136 Educational Trends and Development*
GE-6178 The Special Needs Student
GE-6220 School Law
GE-6247 Action Research I
M.S. in Teaching and Learning: STEAM Education
GE-6015 Introduction to Statistical Data and Research
GE-6035 Teaching and Supervising Diverse Student Populations
GE-6080 Foundations of Instructional Technology for Teaching and Learning
GE-6115 Principles, Methods, Development and Assessment of Curriculum
GE-6136 Educational Trends and Development
GE-6178 The Special Needs Student
GE-6220 School Law
GE-6336 Introduction to STEAM Education
GE-6337 Integrative STEAM Innovations
GE-6338 STEAM Applications and Establishing a Community of Practice (CoP)
GE-6339 STEAM Implementation in Schools and the Community
M.S. in Teaching and Learning: Social and Emotional Learning
GE-6015 Introduction to Statistical Data and Research
GE-6035 Teaching and Supervising Diverse Student Populations
GE-6080 Foundations of Instructional Technology for Teaching and Learning
GE-6115 Principles, Methods, Development and Assessment of Curriculum
GE-6136 Educational Trends and Development
GE-6178 The Special Needs Student
GE-6220 School Law
GE-6195 Found. Social. Emo. Learning
GE-6196 Trauma and Resiliency
GE-6197 Behavior Supports
GE-6198 Multi-Tiered Systems for Support
Degree requirements: 33 credits
M.S. in Teaching and Learning: Reading Specialist
GE-6041 Leading a Comprehensive Literacy Curriculum: Design and Implementation
GE-6042 Literacy Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment: K-3
GE-6043 Literacy Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment: 4-12
GE-6044 Pedagogy and Methodology based on Orton-Gillingham
GE-6045 Reading Difficulties: Special Education and Interventions
GE-6046 Reading across the Curriculum/English Learner (EL)
GE-6047 Reading Practicum based on Orton-Gillingham (6 credits)
GE-6035 Teaching and Supervising Diverse Student Populations
GE-6080 Foundations of Instructional Technology for Teaching and Learning
GE-6092 Problem-based learning Design for 21 Century Learners