MED-CLI - Curriculum, Leadership & Inclusion

CLI Goal 1

Prepare teacher leaders to address the growing diversity of student needs in schools, not-for profits, and other education related contexts nationally and internationally.

CLI Goal 2

Prepare graduate students in a cross-disciplinary field in education that can better respond to the needs of society including: addressing cultural and linguistic diversity, academic differences and disability, marginalization and discrimination in education curriculum, and application and evaluation of inclusive models of instruction and leadership.

CLI Goal 3

Prepare graduate students to become consumers of the latest educational research so that they can link and close the research to practice divide and address societal issue related to activism, advocacy, and education for all students.

MEd Goal 1: Effective Teaching that Supports All Learners

Upon completion of the major program of study in Education, students will be able to: write an effective lesson plan that supports learner variability and learners' diverse needs (e.g., hearing or vision needs, learning styles, persons from diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds); deliver effective instruction; develop a series (three or more) of connected lessons that provide opportunities for all students to demonstrate academic ability.

MEd Goal 2: Critical Reflection

Upon completion of the major program of study in Education, students will be able to: use skills of critical reflection to evaluate and modify their own teaching; critique the teaching of others, both peers and experienced teachers; plan and implement their own professional development based on their critical reflections.

MEd Goal 3: Practice-Focused Research

Upon completion of the major program of study in Education, students will be able to: identify questions and issues in teaching and learning; investigate questions through analyzing current research and designing and conducting original research; communicate outcomes of original research and apply findings to improve teaching and learning.

MEd Goal 4: Leadership

Upon completion of the major program of study in Education, students will be able to: collaborate with other school-based professionals (e.g., teaching peers and staff in special education, bilingual, and ELL programs) and assume leadership roles in supporting teaching and learning; collaborate with parents/ care-givers and community-based groups, including service agencies, advocacy groups, and governing bodies (e.g., school committee); develop, facilitate, and participate in professional development.