School Leadership / Middle and Secondary Teacher Education

Curriculum & Instruction Masters Degree
(K - 12) ( EC - YA)

This degree is intended for individuals who teach or lead programs in grades K through 12. The C & I Masters Degree provides flexibility through three areas of concentration: Teaching and Learning Specialist, National Board Certification, or Curriculum Leadership.

Satisfactory completion of admission requirements, the comprehensive examination (completed in one of the final two semesters), and all course work are required to be eligible for graduation.

ED 535	Cultural Awareness for Educators	3 credit hours
ED 805	Restructuring Classrooms with Technology	2 credit hours
ED 820	Curriculum Leadership: Models and Strategies	3 credit hours
ED 833	Beliefs, Values & Issues in Educational Practices	3 credit hours
ED 837	Brain Based Learning For Educators	3 credit hours
ED 887	Developing Authentic Assessments	3 credit hours
ED 879	Classroom Management Through Positive Reinforcement	2 credit hours
ER 752	Analysis of Research	3 credit hours
ED 895	Practicum	3 credit hours

Areas of Concentration

Curriculum Leadership is designed for educators who choose to prepare to coordinate the design, implementation, management, and evaluation of curriculum and instruction in public and private school systems. National Board Certification is designed for educators who choose to prepare for and participate in the review process which leads to National Board Certification. The Effective Practitioner program is designed for educators interested in improving their own classroom skills and maximizing student achievement. It is also for those who wish to become leaders and resource persons in faculty development projects and activities.

CURRICULUM LEADERSHIP
(9 hrs.)

EA 830 School Leadership Theory (3)

ED 865 Advanced Theory & Practice in Teaching (3)
ED 886 Designing Instructional
Programs (3)

NATIONAL BOARD CERTIFICATION (9 hrs.)

ED 842 National Board Certification Portfolio Development (3)
ED 843 Nation Board Certification School Based Project (6)

Completion of NBPTS school site portfolio
and NBPTS Assessment Center Exercises

EFFECTIVE PRACTITIONER
(9 hrs.)

Nine additional credits of teaching and learning electives as approved by the C & I committee.

TOTAL HOURS: 34

DEGREE PROCEDURES AND REQUIREMENTS

Students must follow the graduate degree procedures of the Department of School Leadership/Middle and Secondary Teacher Education and the School of Graduate and Professional Studies at Emporia State University. The criteria for admission include the following:

GPA (a minimum of 2.5 on last 60 undergraduate hours)

Completion of either the Graduate Record Exam or Miller Analogies Test scores [MAT Dates]

Successful Completion of the Departmental Graded Application Form (Download the Curriculum and Instruction Application)

Supervisor’s Personal References (two references completed by supervising administrators on forms provided) [view form]

Complete the Disposition form, sign and return the last page. [view form]

ESU faculty approval utilizing the ‘Graduate Admissions Rating Form’

Admission points are assigned on each of the above elements. The stronger the performance, the greater the number of points assigned. Admission points are totaled on the Graduate Admissions Rating Form.

Additional information regarding any of the stated criteria is available upon request. Students are urged to begin immediately upon notice of probationary acceptance to make arrangements or complete details to gain degree candidacy. APPLICANTS FOR ADMISSION TO DEGREE CANDIDACY MUST HAVE ALL REQUIREMENTS COMPLETED BEFORE THE COMPLETION OF 21 HOURS.

ADMISSION AND RETENTION POLICIES

Knowledge of and compliance with the requirements for any graduate degree are primarily the responsibility of the student. Consequently, careful reading and study of the graduate catalog should be a self-imposed prerequisite for all students applying for admission to graduate study. The graduate catalog is available upon request from the School of Graduate and Professional Studies.

Application for admission must be made on a form provided by the School of Graduate and Professional Studies. Copies of official transcripts of all college credit must be supplied. (Transcripts must include the baccalaureate degree and all transfer credit that is to be applied to the master?s degree.)

Upon satisfactory completion of the five introductory/research courses, the core knowledge examination and the above requirements the student will be admitted to candidacy for the degree sought. Candidacy is the formal approval for pursuit of a graduate degree after it is determined that all specified admissions criteria have been met. Students shall continuously demonstrate personal characteristics appropriate to the profession and maintain a 3.0 GPA or better throughout their program.

TIME REQUIREMENTS

All work must be completed within a seven-year period. The seven-year period begins with the semester in which the first course applied to the degree was taken.