Advanced Studies in Teaching and Learning MED Program Specifics

• 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)

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)