The Shirley M. Hufstedler School of Education at Alliant International University offers a full spectrum of credential, bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degree programs geared toward preparing leaders who can meet the global educational needs of the 21st Century. To this end, the Hufstedler School of Education (HSOE) integrates important trans-disciplinary psychological, cross-cultural, and leadership concepts into all HSOE programs, especially as related to the effective teaching, assessment, and mentoring of diverse populations in inclusive lifelong learning climates, here and abroad.

The Hufstedler School of Education is well known for its state approved credential and certificate programs. These programs are approved by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. The Hufstedler School of Education offers the Preliminary Multiple Subject credential; the Preliminary Single Subject credential; the Preliminary and Clear Educational Specialist credentials; the Pupil Personnel Services (PPS): School Psychology credential; the Preliminary Administrative Services credential, and the state approved California Teachers of English Learners Certificate, and the Authorization in Autism Spectrum Disorders programs. Other certificates include School Based Mental Health, Educational Neuropsychology, and International Teacher Preparation. In addition, the Hufstedler School of Education offers the bachelor’s degree in Liberal Studies, as well as the master’s and doctoral degree programs in Educational Leadership and Management, Educational Psychology, and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). The Master of Arts in Education program in Teaching, with National Board for Professional Teaching Standards preparation, is offered online, as are other emphasis areas. 

Founding Dean:
Dr. Karen Schuster Webb
Phone: (415) 955-2051
E-mail: kwebb@alliant.edu

Degree and Credential Programs Offered by HSOE

The Shirley M. Hufstedler School of Education offers programs in the following areas:

Undergraduate Major

• Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Studies: Alliant Mexico 
• Bachelor of Arts Liberal Studies 

Graduate Major

• Doctor of Education (EdD): Educational Leadership and Management 
• Doctor of Education (EdD): Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) 
• Doctor of Psychology (PsyD): Educational Psychology 
• Masters of Arts in Education (MAE) with Teaching Credential 
• Masters of Arts in Education (MAE): Education Specialists (Special Education) 
• Masters of Arts in Education (MAE): Educational Administration 
• Masters of Arts in Education (MAE): School Psychology: with Pupil Personnel Services (PPS) 
• Masters of Arts in Education (MAE): Teaching (online) 
• Masters of Arts in Education (MAE): Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) 

Certificate Programs

• Certificate in California Teachers of English Learners (CTEL) Leading to CLAD Certification 
• Certificate in Cross-Cultural Studies 
• Certificate in Educational Neuropsychology 
• Certificate in English for Speakers of Other Language (ESOL) 
• Certificate in International Teacher Preparation 
• Certificate in School Based Mental Health 
• Certificate in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Graduate 
• Certificate in Technology Online 

Authorization Programs

• Authorization in Autism Spectrum Disorders 

Credential Programs

• Credential in Preliminary Administrative Services 
• TeachersCHOICE Education: Preliminary Education Specialist Credential (credential only) 
• TeachersCHOICE Education: Preliminary Multiple Subject Credential (credential only) 
• TeachersCHOICE Education: Preliminary Single Subject Credential (credential only) 

Learning Outcomes for Masters Programs

Coursework for the Alliant International University Hufstedler School of Education Master’s Programs assures that the candidate has knowledge and displays leadership in the following areas: 

• Neuroscience research as applied to the learning schema, learner development and behavior in educational settings
• Cross-cultural competencies and their application in domestic and international educational environments
• Critical thinking skills as applied to issues of educational assessment, program design, and evaluation
• Strategies for inclusive leadership and management in kindergarten through post-secondary settings.

Learning Outcomes for Doctoral Programs

Doctoral programs at the Hufstedler School of Education are aimed at preparing educational scholar- practitioners to be effective and creative educational leaders in their respective fields, providing them with a strong repertoire of knowledge and skills and professional dispositions. In addition, candidates will have developed an interdisciplinary approach to problem solving and will be skillful in applying practical and theoretical knowledge.

Coursework for Alliant International University HSOE Doctoral Programs assure candidate knowledge and leadership in the following competency areas:

• Ability to be a competent, confident, and conscientious education specialist who engenders personal growth, educational excellence, and professional empowerment worldwide;
• Ability to provide leadership in the critical assessment, through research, practice, theoretical models, strategies, and technologies, of those factors that impact the facilitation of learning;
• Ability to provide leadership in the critical assessment, through research, practice, theoretical models, strategies, and technologies, of those factors that impact the facilitation of learning;
• Ability to apply lessons of history in relation to the planning and implementation of future educational reform and innovative change;
• Ability to assess, develop and integrate theory with practice for quality assurance ion educational environments; and
• Ability to improve the quality of an educational organization as a practitioner or as a member of the higher education academy