Degree Overview
This program is based on the NBPTS core propositions and standards that provide elementary education teachers with the knowledge and skills necessary to achieve NCLB's highly qualified designation. As a student in the program, you will build expertise across five content areas, develop performance based assessment practices and teacher research skills, and position yourself to complete your professional portfolio that meets NPBTS standards. Learn more about Lesley University's M.Ed. in Elementary Education: Profession and Practice.
Benefits for Students
- You'll expand your content knowledge and pedagogical skills in science, mathematics, language, literacy and social studies.
- You'll learn how to integrate strategies for working with speakers of other languages and master classroom management methods that positively impact student learning.
- You'll be well prepared for NBPTS certification, the most prestigious credential a teacher can earn.
Skill Set Learned
- You'll become a skilled researcher, learning how to gather and analyze data to inform your teaching and meet the needs of ALL learners.
- You'll become a change agent capable of raising the level of classroom instruction resulting in greater student achievement.
- You'll learn to fully integrate theory and practice to strengthen understanding in science, mathematics, language, literacy and social studies.
Project Types and Sample Projects
- Assessment of personal skills, enabling you to refine your Professional Development Plan
- Assemble student work samples and videotapes to document y our interactions with your students. Reflect upon this evidence to inform your teaching.
- Write about how you use a topic in writing to develop students' thinking and writing skills for different audiences through the use of narrative and expository student work samples.
