Description

Jones International University's online Master of Education in Secondary Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment: Teacher Licensure degree program is an ideal program for those educators who are looking for a flexible online option for obtaining the teaching licensure or certification that is educating at the secondary level.

This fully online education degree program is an excellent choice for those educators who are looking to advance their professional careers through obtaining an education that is based in secondary curriculum, instruction, and assessment.

This online degree in secondary education program also includes a student teaching component, which has been designed to augment the professional knowledge, skills and aptitude of each student.

Aligned with the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) and Colorado Commission on Higher Education (CCHE) professional standards, this online education program offers its students a high-quality, state-approved program of teacher and principal/administrator preparation.

As a student in this online secondary education degree program, students learn to:

• Explain and demonstrate how student teachers engaging in supervised, professional field experiences can use reflective practices to improve their teaching.
• Use strategies to develop student literacy in reading, writing, speaking, viewing, and listening.
• Use strategies to develop student literacy in mathematics.
• Design curriculum in order to demonstrate knowledge in the specific curriculum area you will be teaching, or in the content areas of civics, economics, foreign language, geography, history, science, music, visual arts, and physical education if you teach elementary students. Demonstrate expertise in your content endorsement area(s), and integrate literacy and mathematics across the curriculum if you teach secondary students.
• Rehearse and develop classroom practices to manage time, communications, and record keeping procedures to support and enhance student learning.
• Respond to the needs and experiences children bring to the classroom, including those based on culture, community, ethnicity, economics, linguistics, and innate learning abilities.
• Discuss learning exceptionalities and conditions that affect the rate and extent of student learning, and begin adapting instruction for all learners.
• Use technology to support instruction and enhance student learning.
• Collaborate with other educational professionals to accomplish school, district, and state educational goals and objectives.
• Use strategies, planning practices, assessment techniques, and appropriate accommodations to ensure student learning in a standards-based curriculum and communicate those plans to parents, guardians, professionals, administrators, and the community.
• Describe and apply the use of Colorado Model Content Standards (or standards for another state) in elementary and secondary curricula, especially in literacy, mathematics, and assessment.
• Demonstrate professional accomplishments gained from student teaching and mastery of all course learning objectives through a portfolio project.

Graduates of this online degree in secondary education: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment will have gained the knowledge that is needed for obtaining a degree that will enable them with the knowledge that is needed for succeeding as an educator in today's complex and diverse school systems.

Please note: The above college tuition costs listed on this website are not exact. They are an approximate estimation set forth by our most recent research in order to help students compare online colleges and universities. We encourage students to contact the school for the exact cost of your online degree program.