Online Master of Education

Program Description

The Master of Education (M.Ed.) degree at VCSU is a practitioner-oriented degree, designed for the practicing teachers. The program requires five core courses which provide students with the foundation for educational research and graduate study in education. Four concentrations are available: Library and Information Technologies, Technology Education, Teaching and Technology and English Language Learners.

The design of the Masters of Education program provides graduate students with six Core Values that illustrate the learning outcomes for graduate students. The program prepares and assesses its graduates in these areas while preparing them to effectively enrich their students learning.
Core Values/Learning Outcomes:

The program's Core Values and National Board of Professional Teaching Standards lay the broad foundation for the overall program design. Specific objectives are then addressed in each course, based on its curriculum. At the course level, the required projects and activities provide a rich and diverse collection of opportunities for assessment of student knowledge and understaning by the professor.

Valley City State University has designed this concentration for teachers at either the primary or secondary levels wishing to pursue a masters degree. The Concentration in English Language Learners (ELL) provides in-service teachers with the cultural and linguistic pedagogy needed to address the ELL needs. This concentration capitalizes on the university's excellent reputation and historic role in teacher preparation and the university's strength in ELL teacher training and couples it with its highly successful online M.Ed. The ELL endorsement is approved by NCATE and is embedding into the concentration.

Valley City State University (VCSU) has designed this concentration for teachers at either primary or secondary levels wishing to pursue a master's degree. The curriculum is designed to meet both the AASL/NCATE (American Association of School Librarians/National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education) School Library Media Specialist Preparation Standards and the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction Standards for the preparation of library media specialists at the highest credential level - LM01.

Valley City State University has designed this concentration for primary and secondary level educators who are interested in teaching Technology Education, a field that currently faces a substantial nationwide shortage of qualified teachers. Curriculum in the courses is set up to be consistent with the Standards for Technological Literacy defined by the International Technology Education Association.

Valley City State University has designed this concentration for teachers at either primary or secondary levels wishing to pursue a master's degree. It is a unique program, not only in the state, but also in the country. Curriculum focuses on the use of technologies to enrich teaching and learning. With the rapid changes in technology, teachers must become effective users of technology and develop strategies for successfully integrating technology into the classroom to enhance the learning experience. Curriculum in this concentration is set up to provide students with an understanding of the National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) as defined by the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE).