Master of Education (M.Ed.)

If you want to make an inspiring difference in the lives of children, and if you have a deep desire to excite and motivate learners of all ages and all learning styles, then becoming an M.Ed. graduate at AUD may be the right choice, with personalized research projects and presentations, visual thinking routines, supervised fieldwork, and benefit from individualized mentoring by a faculty advisor.

• The graduate degree program is designed with a number of target audiences in mind:
  1. 1.  Practicing elementary and secondary school teachers or teaching assistants who may or may not have an undergraduate degree in Education
     2.  Career changers who are passionate about making a difference in children’s lives
     3.  University graduates who have no prior teaching experience and wish to pursue a graduate degree in education with the intention of working in fields related to education.
     4. The M.Ed. is a research-based 36-credit hour professionally oriented program. Aligned with commonly recognized international standards, the program aims to provide the region with educators who are not only credentialed but highly qualified. Faculty and students work together to develop and deepen pride in the profession, cultural competence, and a shared commitment to ethical practice.
• Upon completion of the Master of Education (M.Ed.) program, students will:
  1. 1. Be an effective part of an educational team within a creative learning environment;
     2. Be able to understand the political, social, and cultural contexts of education;
     3. Be able to differentiate instruction to meet student's unique learning needs and create environments that are conducive to student learning and development;
     4. Be able to meet the challenges of teaching by designing and implementing an effective classroom management plan;
     5. Be able to use assessment data to improve instruction, advance student learning, and better design content-specific instruction;
     6. Be able to identify, locate, evaluate, design, prepare, and use technology as an instructional resource; and,
     7.  Be able to conduct research and utilize important findings to inform current practices and make new contributions to the field of education.