Urban Teaching, M.Ed.
The Urban Teaching program is offered in partnership with the Academy for Urban School Leadership. It is designed to address the needs of novice teachers in high need, urban schools and to help them be effective and resilient teachers in urban turnaround schools.
In addition to National College of Education Graduate Admissions Requirements, applicants must:
- Have a valid Illinois teaching certificate
- Have a 3.0 GPA in last 60 hours of coursework taken or a graduate degree
- Be accepted into the AUSL program through their interview process
- Note: The written statement and references are waived per the partnership agreement
- Note: AUSL pays the application fee
This degree requires:
- 34 SH
- Residents accepted into the program will be expected to remain in good standing throughout the program at NLU, but will also be evaluated regularly by AUSL and may be released from the program by either partner due to underperformance
MED Core - 8 SH
| EPS541 | Cognition and Instruction | |
| ESR505 | Educational Inquiry and Assessment | |
| FND511 | Social and Cultural Politics of Education: Personal and Contextual Perspectives | |
Program Requirements - 24 SH
| EPS512 | Cultural Influences in the Workplace | |
| EPS513 | Frameworks for Data Driven Instruction | |
| RLR501 | Teaching Beginning Reading | |
| RLR502 | Teaching Comprehension and Content Reading | |
| SPE501 | Educational and Diagnostic Assessment of Exceptional Children and Adolescents | |
| SPE506 | Frameworks and Perspectives in Special Education | |
| SPE527 | Individualized Curriculum and Instruction | |
| TIE535 | Instructional Design for Integrating Technology Across the Curriculum | |
Electives - 3 SH
Choose 3 SH of electives with advisor approval