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Catalog 2016-2017 - Online and On-ground 8-week Program Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Teaching: Master of Arts in Education (MAEd) with Single Subject Credential, Early Completion Option (ECO) Intern Track


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All CSOE credential and authorization preparation programs are approved by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CCTC). Application for California Teaching or Administrative Services credentials or authorizations is made through the university’s Credential Analyst. Candidates who concurrently enroll in both the MAEd Program and the Credentialing Program are required to meet admissions standards and requirements for both tracks. All credential programs receive CLAD/CTEL authorization embedded within the credential program. The California School of Education teacher preparation programs recognize and support that Candidates bring many different skills, experiences and capacities to our program. Multiple routes to preliminary credentialing are offered to reflect such.

SOC Code


25-1081

Program Outcomes


Students will be able to:

  • Design critical thinking lessons, programs, and educational learning communities such that their students are aware of critical thinking strategies and can articulate how they are thinking critically.
  • Apply and advance teaching and learning theories, strategies, and pedagogical methodologies to their planning, classroom lessons, and curricular design such that professional learning communities are established, supporting high stakes learning for all learners.
  • Consistently apply and advance comprehensive, responsive and accountable assessment systems to their professional learning community to assure and advance the action-driven monitoring and evaluating of student progress.
  • Embed action research methods in their professional practice as well as applying informed evaluation of professional literature to their practice.
  • Consistently integrate informed methods and practices of technology into their professional learning community and practice.
  • Establish, support, and assure an inclusive and responsive school setting for all students, families, and communities.
  • Embed multicultural understanding and support, language literacy, and sociological concepts into their professional practice in order to create culturally responsive classroom in support of the diverse student population’s learning and advancement.
     

Specialized Admissions Requirements


Applicants must satisfy the requirements stipulated in the “Admissions and Registration” section of the University catalog, and must also meet the following criteria:

GPA: Students must have a minimum GPA of 2.5

Recommendations: Each candidate must provide two written confidential recommendations from those who can attest to the applicant’s abilities, interests, and proven accomplishments in education.

Personal essay: A two-page personal essay describing the following is required:

  • the professional organizations to which you belong,
  • honors, activities and other creative accomplishments, and
  • a brief autobiographical statement including future professional plans.

Interview: Student must have an interview with the relevant CSOE Admissions Committee.

CBEST: Applicants to the Teaching, Educational Specialist, and Administrative Services Credential Programs must also give evidence of passing CBEST scores.

Upon receipt and review of all documentation, the candidate will be considered for final admission. Final admissions decision will be made by the Program Faculty.

All Intern Program applicants must concurrently be successfully recommended for the relevant CCTC Intern Teaching credential.

Teaching Foundations Examination required for the Early Completion Option (ECO) program.

Specialized Admissions Requirements: Credit for Previous Graduate Work


Transfer of credit may be awarded on the following basis:

  • A maximum of 6 semester units beyond the bachelor’s degree may be transferred from a regionally accredited institution. All such coursework must have been earned in addition to the bachelor’s degree required coursework.
  • The request to accept credit to be transferred must be approved by the program director.
  • Credits must have been earned within seven years prior to the request for transfer. Waivers of this requirement may be considered by program faculty on a case by case basis. All waivers must be approved by the dean.
  • Extension courses or continuing education courses are not, in standard cases, acceptable for graduate transfer. However, courses completed at high levels through an accredited university or local district program may be considered by the program director and approved by the Dean of the California School of Education for partial credit transfer.
  • Coursework being considered for transfer must be equivalent to Alliant coursework for which it is being applied. Students are required to submit transcripts, catalog course descriptions and other documentation.
  • All coursework must be completed successfully at credit or B levels or higher.

Curriculum and Degree Requirements


The Master of Arts in Education (MAEd), Concentration in Teaching with Single Subject Credential, Early Completion Option (ECO) Intern Track requires the successful completion of 36 units.

Curriculum Plan


Courses are three units unless indicated otherwise.

Teacher Education Core Faculty


Stephen J. Cochrane, PhD, Assistant Professor and Program Director

Danielle Kaplan, PhD, Associate Professor

Jerold D. Miller, EdD, Professor

Beverly J. Palley, EdD, Assistant Professor

Cynthia Pancer, EdD, Assistant Professor

For a detailed description of program faculty background and research interests, please see the alphabetical listing of faculty  for the California School of Education.

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