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Master of Education - Teacher Leadership, M.Ed.

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Requirements

The Master of Education Degree (M.Ed.) at Utah Valley University is an applied master’s program aimed at building the instructional skills and professional competency of teachers. Currently there are eleven emphases for participants: Applied Behavioral Analysis; Educational Leadership;Educational Technology; Elementary Mathematics; Elementary STEM, English as a SecondLanguage (ESL), Gifted and Talented Education, Higher Education Leadership, Reading I, andTeacher Leadership. The M.Ed. program emphasizes coursework that prepares teachers to become instructional leaders, with classes in advanced pedagogy, subject matter content, curriculum design and assessment. Core coursework in research methods is required of participants in all options, however, students select a topic for a culminating project according to their interest or area of licensure in K-12 education.

Total Program Credits: 30

Discipline Core Requirements: 12 Credits
  EDUC 6100 Research Methodology 3
  EDUC 6110 Applied Statistics for Education 3
  EDUC 6200 Masters Project 3
  EDUC 691R Project I 1
  EDUC 692R Project II 1
  EDUC 693R Project III 1
Emphasis Requirements: 18 Credits
  EDUC 6300 Curriculum Design 3
  EDUC 6320 21st Century Instruction and Assessment 3
  EDUC 6330 Diversity and Differentiation in the Classroom 3
  EDUC 6400 Teachers as Leaders 3
  EDUC 6411 Instructional Coaching 3
  EDUC 6412 Adult Learning - Theory and Practice 3

 

Graduation Plan

This graduation plan is a sample plan and is intended to be a guide. Your specific plan may differ based on your Math and English placement and/or transfer credits applied. You are encouraged to meet with an advisor and set up an individualized graduation plan in Wolverine Track

Milestone courses (pre-requisites for a course in one of the subsequent semesters) are marked in red and italicized.

 

Semester 1 Course Title Credit Hours
EDUC 6320 21st Century Instruction and Assessment 3
EDUC 6100 Research Methodology 3
EDUC 6300 Curriculum Design 3
  Semester total: 9
Semester 2 Course Title Credit Hours
EDUC 6200 Master's Project 3
EDUC 691R Project I 1
  Semester total: 4
Semester 3 Course Title Credit Hours
EDUC 6330 Diversity and Differentiation in the Classroom 3
EDUC 692R Project II 1
  Semester total: 4
Semester 4 Course Title Credit Hours
EDUC 6110 Applied Statistics for Education 3
EDUC 6412 Adult Learning - Theory and Practice 3
  Semester total: 6
Semester 5 Course Title Credit Hours
EDUC 6411 Instructional Coaching 3
  Semester total: 3
Semester 6 Course Title Credit Hours
EDUC 6400 Contemporary Issues in Teacher Leadership 3
EDUC 693R Project III 1
  Semester total: 4
  Degree total: 30

Department

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