Master of Education, MED

MED Program Description

This M.Ed. program allows students to engage in a deeper understanding of education-related topics as described in the concentration chosen by the student.

MED Program Admission Requirements

This program follows the general admission requirements for graduate programs and School of Education’s requirements. Applicants must submit the following information:

• Contact information for two references.
• Teacher certification information.
• Misdemeanor/felony conviction disclosure.
• Minimum 3.0 GPA for at least the last two years of the bachelor’s degree is required.

Grades earned after the bachelor’s degree may be considered in admission decisions.

MED Program Concentrations

Trauma and Resiliency Concentration

This concentration prepares students by fostering K-12 educators’ understanding of trauma and its impact on students and the educational environment. It helps K-12 educators to develop essential social-emotional instructional strategies in the classroom and beyond, thus equipping educators with the skills needed to build resiliency in K-12 learners.

Trauma and Resiliency concentration learning outcomes:

• Fostering K-12 educators’ understanding of trauma and its impact on students/the educational environment.
• Creating master teachers with advanced skills in their concentration area.
• Helping K-12 educators develop essential social-emotional instructional strategies in the classroom and beyond.
• Equipping K-12 educators with the skills needed to build resiliency in K-12 learners.

Reading Concentration

Standards and initiatives at the state and national level have increased the need for literacy expertise in K-12 education. Because reading affects every aspect of student achievement, this concentration is highly desirable in K-12 education and for teachers who wish to increase their effectiveness as educators. This concentration prepares students to diagnostically identify literacy deficiencies in K-12 learners, plan and implement engaging strategies to increase K-12 learner literacy skills and address the needs of English language learners in their classrooms.

Reading concentration learning outcomes:

• Fostering K-12 educators’ understanding of reading difficulties and providing tools for diagnosing reading problems.
• Creating master teachers with advanced skills in teaching reading and writing across content areas.
• Increasing K-12 educators’ understanding of English language learners’ needs.

MED Program Policies

In addition to the policies listed in the General Information and Academic Policies sections of this catalog, MED program follows all SOE policies.