Accelerated Program for Teacher Licensure

MSE Teaching and Learning

Elementary Education Initial Licensure #2088

Online 40 credits * 2-2.5 years
No application fee for online graduate education students

Program Highlights & Benefits

Flexible, online format

Easy, efficient admissions steps

Up to 50% of your graduate credits can be considered

Professors who are committed to helping foster personal and professional success

For

Those looking to become a licensed educator. Candidates of this program will need to have earned their bachelor’s degree in order to be enrolled in this program. In this accelerated program, your courses will focus on building your teaching skills and strategies.

What You Learn

  • Relevant teaching strategies to implement in the classroom, while also staying ahead of the curve on new technologies that can enhance your instruction. 
  • Challenges that face educators today, including school law, legal rights and teacher responsibilities, while examining relationships with parents and community. 
  • You will focus on the teacher as a role model, both in and out of the classroom. 
  • Build your portfolio and demonstrate growth and competency in the teaching standards.
  • You will be expected to complete your student-teaching requirements, and in doing so you will gain invaluable field experience inside the classroom.
  • You will leave this program a more capable and confident educator, ready to shape the young lives of your students.

How You Learn

Class sizes are small to provide individualized attention during 8-week course sessions. 

  • Online courses are the primary format. You take at a time that works for you.
  • Select courses will be taken in real-time via zoom on a scheduled night of the week with the professor and other students.

Career Outcomes

You will earn your initial licensure while earning a Master of Science in Education-Teaching & Learning. You will be prepared to teach grades 4K-9th. Teacher candidates are prepared to be successful in all environments to meet the learning needs of children. You will be able to reflect on your educational practices and successfully work with diverse student populations. Upon completion, you will be eligible for WI DPI-Elementary Teacher Licensure #2088 4K-9th Grade.

Degree Requirements

Master of Science in Education-Teaching & Learning-Elementary Education Initial Licensure- 40 Credits

CourseTitleHours
EDC 5400Foundations of the Teaching Profession3
EDC 5405Educational Psychology-Understanding Theory of Teaching and Learning3
EDC 5430Language Arts Development & Strategies3
EDC 5435Curriculum Methods of Language Arts and Social Studies3
EDC 5410Interdisciplinary Instruction: Teaching in Middle School3
EDC 5415Analysis of Instruction and Assessment3
EDC 5420Teaching Diverse Students, Families, and Classrooms3
EDC 5425Co-Planning and Planning for all Students3
EDC 5440Curriculum and Methods STEAM3
EDC 5445Curriculum and Methods: Mathematics3
EDC 7405Pre-Student Teaching Field Experience1
EDC 7410Student Teaching Placement 13
EDC 7415Student Teaching Placement 23
EDC 7440Capstone Research2
EDC 7445Capstone Project1
 Portfolio I and II0
 Total Credit Hours:40