Teacher Leader in Education, T.L.M.A.E.

Degree offered at: Available Online

The Teacher Leader Master of Arts in Education program is a 30 to 33-hour program. Upon acceptance into the program, candidates will enroll in a core of professional education courses totaling 18 hours:

1. Empowerment for Teacher Leadership
2. Formative Assessment & Intervention for All Students
3. Research Methods
4. Practicum
5. Technology
6. Supervision of Instruction

Consistent with the unit’s conceptual framework, these core courses have been designed to equip candidates with the knowledge, skills, and dispositions needed for the empowerment of teacher leaders to impact P-12 student learning. The professional education core courses will be offered in an online format. Practica are taught in two eightweek terms (1.5 hours each) during the academic year in an online format.

The remaining hours in the program will be selected by the candidate from a variety of professional specialty options with total hours determined by the option selected, a range of 12 to 15 hours. Option courses are taught throughout the year in six eight- week terms.

1. curriculum emphasis (12 hours);
2. special education emphasis (12 hours);
3. content specialization in areas/disciplines such as English, Math, Biology, Chemistry, Social Studies, Health/Physical Education, Music Education (12 hours).
4. gifted education endorsement (12 hours);
5. ESL endorsement (15 hours);
6. environmental education endorsement (12 hours).
7. informational technology (12 hours)
8. reading (12 hours)
9. interdisciplinary early childhood education (12-15 hours)