Urban Teaching, M.Ed. (AUSL Track)

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, or be in the process of applying for, Illinois licensure, which includes passing the Test of Academic Proficiency (TAP) or ISBE approved alternative
• Be accepted into the AUSL program through their interview process
• Note: The references are waived per the partnership agreement
• Note: AUSL pays the application fee

Program Details:

• Requires 34 SH for completion
• 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

Required Courses

MED Core - 8 SH

EPS 541	Cognition and Instruction	1 TO 2
ESR 505	Educational Inquiry and Assessment	3
FND 511	Social and Cultural Politics of Education: Personal and Contextual Perspectives	3

Note: EPS 541 must be taken for 2 semester hours.

Program Requirements - 26 SH

TIE 535	Instructional Design Foundations for Digital Age Learning Environments	1 TO 3
EPS 513	Frameworks for Data Driven Instruction	1 TO 3
RLR 501	Teaching Beginning Literacy	3
RLR 502	Teaching Comprehension and Content Area Reading	3
RLW 541	Teaching Writing	2 TO 3
CIL 500	Foundations of ESL and Bilingual Education	3
CIL 505	Methods and Materials for Teaching English as a Second Language	3
CIL 510	Assessment of ESL and Bilingual Education Students	3
CIL 531	Cross Cultural Education	3

Notes: TIE 535 must be taken for 3 semester hours. EPS 513 must be taken for 3 semester hours.

For more information about this program, visit  http://www.nl.edu/academics/educationmastersadvanceded/urbanteaching/