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MSEd in Elementary Teaching

Elementary Teaching candidates explore diverse educational systems, delving into topics like curriculum, planning, assessment, relationship-building, family partnerships, learning in new languages, and human development. The teacher-candidate experience culminates in an action research master’s project that draws together theory and the student’s clinical experience. As classroom teachers, candidates will become proficient in all core subject areas.

At a Glance

Timing

  • Eighteen months of coursework spanning six academic quarters (fall, winter, and spring in consecutive years)
  • The first year is part-time, allowing students to work

Clinical Experience

  • Every quarter of the program involves clinical experiences; in the first year, these are scheduled through specific courses
  • During the final year in our program, teacher candidates will complete a full year of clinical experiences in a local school under the guidance of mentor teachers

Licensure

  • Illinois Professional Educator License (PEL)
  • Elementary endorsement (general classroom, grades 1-6)
  • Pending the completion of coursework, students may choose to add ESL and/or Bilingual Education as an additional subsequent endorsement

MSED in Elementary Teaching Curriculum Overview

Credits (40 semester hours)
Average class size

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Our Guiding Commitments

Advance Equity and Social Justice

Recognize that teaching grounded in equity and social justice is essential in rigorous learning of subject matter in any setting.

Understand Learning and Human Development

Understand human development as a process of maturation within a network of areas: physical, psychological, emotional, cultural, social, and political.

Engage Within and Across Communities

Learn about the community in which a school resides to inform relational and instructional interactions with students and families.

Foster Subject Matter Sensemaking

Support the growth of children's skills, competencies, and disciplinary understandings as connected to rigorous and meaningful activities.

Our Students

"You don't just get a job as a teacher...you become a teacher."”

 

 

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MSEd Acceptance rate
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847-467-1458

msedprogram@northwestern.edu

618 Garrett Place
Evanston, IL 60208

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