Master's Degree in Elementary Education

Professionals in the fields of early childhood and elementary education will enhance and expand their professional knowledge and expertise. Concentration areas in literacy, early childhood education, and elementary education are available.

Departmental core requirements (per field of study)

• Early Literacy Development
• Disciplinary and Integrated Literacy in Elementary Classrooms
• Teaching Literacy to Diverse Learners
• Classroom Literacy Assessment

• Education in a Diverse Society
• Understanding Data to Inform Teaching and Learning in Elementary Schools
• The Teaching of Reading in the Elementary School

• Observation and Assessment in Early Childhood
• Education in a Diverse Society
• Early Literacy Development

• Research in Elementary Education
• The Teaching of Reading in the Elementary School
• Psychological Foundations of Reading

• Basic Concepts in Elementary Education
• Research in Elementary Education
• Psychology of Human Development
• Child Development

• Introduction to Early Childhood Education
• Research in Elementary Education
• Child Development

• Integrating Technology in the Literacy Program
• Issues in the Teaching of Literacy
• The Organization and Supervision of a School Reading Program
• History of Reading
• Advanced Teaching Methods in Language Arts

• School, Family, and Community Partnerships
• Discipline and Classroom Management: Some Practical Approaches
• Principles of Differentiation in the Elementary Classroom
• Development, Implementation, and Evaluation of Elementary Classroom Programs
• The Effective Use of Technology in the Elementary School

• School, Family, and Community Partnerships
• Play and Creativity in Early Childhood
• Educational Programs for Young Children

• Administration of Early Childhood Programs
• Infant and Toddler Education
• Mentoring Early Childhood Professionals

Four courses approved by the advisor.

Students may substitute one of the following certificates or an add-on license for a required concentration:

• Literacy Instruction
• Early Childhood Administration
• Early Childhood Master Teacher
• Enhanced Teaching Practice for Elementary Teachers
• Response to Intervention
• Autism
• Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
• Human Growth Development
• High Ability
• English as a New Language
• Middle School Education
• Educational Technology