Advanced Studies in Teaching and Learning MED Program Specifics

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Expand Your Teaching Skills

The MED in Advanced Studies in Teaching and Learning advances the knowledge base and practices of current professional educators. Paths within the program include:

  • Middle Level Certification
  • Teach for America Elementary
  • Teach for America  Secondary
  • Teach for America Special Education
  • Teacher - Leader Strand
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Program Details

Admission Requirements

  • completed application form accompanied by a $50, nonrefundable application fee
  • official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate records
  • 3 letters of recommendation
  • Professional Goals Essay
  • Performance Based Evaluation
  • resume
  • copy of the candidate’s teaching certificate (for middle level certification only)

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Core and Concentration Courses

ASTL Core

  • FNED 547: Intro to Practitioner Action Research - 3
  • INST 516: Integrating Technology into Instruction 3
  • SED  563: Educational Measurement and Assessment 3
  • SPED 531 Overview of Special Education: Policies/Practices - 3 or YDEV 520: Youth Social Policy and Action
Choose 1 of the Following (3 Credits)
  • FNED 502: Social Issues in Education
  • EDC 540: Teaching of Writing: Practice and Inquiry

Pick 1 Program Path

MLED Concentration (15 credits)
  • MLED 532: Contextualizing Young Adolescent Development (4 credits)
  • MLED 534: Disciplinary Literacies with Young Adolescents (4 credits)
  • MLED 535: Curriculum and Assessment for Young Adolescents (4 credits)
  • +1 elective
Teach for America Elementary (15 Credits)
  • ELED 540 Curriculum and Assessment 
  • ELED 541 Teaching Literacy across Curricula 
  • ELED 542 Educating All Students 
  • ELED 543 Integrating Theory and Methods  
  • CURR 580 Literacy Coaching and Supervision
Teach for America  Secondary (15 Credits)
  • SED 511: Content & Pedagogy in Sec& Pedagogy in Sec Ed 
  • SPED 531: Overview of Special Education: Policies and Practices 
  • CURR 580: Secondary Disciplinary Literacies
  • SED 512: Field Practicum in Secondary Education 
  • SED 523: Teaching Seminar In Secondary Education
Teach for America Secondary Special Education (22 credits)
  • SED 511: Content & Pedagogy in Sec& Pedagogy in Sec Ed  
  • SPED 531: Universal Design for educating all students  
  • SPED 501: Assessment of Students with Mild/Moderate Disabilities 
  • SED 512: Field Practicum in Secondary Education 
  • SED 523: Teaching Seminar In Secondary Education  
  • SPED 524: Literacy Instruction for Adolescents: Intensive Interventions 
  • SPED 427 Career Exploration and Vocational Preparation of Middle School and Secondary Level Students with Disabilities

Teacher - Leader Strand

  • Leadership Electives (15 credits)
18JAV entrance

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Department of Educational Studies

In the Department of Educational Studies, we teach you how children grow and develop and help you to use that knowledge to create learning environments and experiences that will benefit children for life.

Julie Horwitz

Dr. Julie R. Horwitz

Professor