Elementary Education, Advanced Studies, Master of Education

Program Requirements

Upon acceptance into the program, you will complete a tentative Plan of Study in consultation with the program coordinator. You must request that any transfer credits be considered at this time. Please note that no more than three courses taken at Salem State University before admission can be counted towards this program. You should meet regularly with the program coordinator to discuss your progress and revise your plan of study as needed.

Core Courses:

• EDS 825 - Connecting Research, Policy, and Practice in Education
• EDS 835 - Data-Driven Instruction
• EDU 991K - Teacher Leadership for Structural Change
• EDU 999TT - Advanced Teaching Strategies: Creating Trauma-Sensitive Environments and Establishing Individual Student Supports

Special Education (choose one)

• EDU 990E - Teaching Students with Exceptional Learning Needs
• EDU 801 - Classroom Management and Positive Behavior Supports
• EDS 824 - Literacy and Diagnostic Assessment for Students with Exceptional Learning Needs
• EDS 829 - Accessing and Designing School Services for Students with Exceptional Learning Needs

• TESOL course:

• EDS 770N - Context and Culture in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages OR
• ENG 770N - Context and Culture in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

Select 12 credits for the Subject Matter Knowledge (SMK) courses

From the courses below you may either:

• choose to complete 12 credits from a pre-designed strand or
• create your own in consultation with the program coordinator.*

*You may self select to use the following courses for your professional license through the process outlined by the MA Department of elementary and secondary education.

Literacy in the Elementary Classroom Concentration (online option)

• EDU 745A - Supporting Language and Literacy Learning for Multilinguals
• EDU 767 - Literature for Children
• EDU 999C - Teaching Students to Write (Pre K-12)
• with a choice of
• EDU 817C - Literacy Assessment and Intervention Strategies OR
• EDU 742A - Literacy Development and Processes

TESOL: Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

(hybrid option; you can receive a TESOL certificate (Not an initial license) if you fill out the concurrent certificate program form with the required above EDS/ENG 770N.

• Required:

• EDS 793 - Language Acquisition

• Choose 9 credits from the following courses:

• ENG 778N - Assessment in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
• ENG 859 - Teaching Grammar to Multilingual Learners
• ENG 776 - Linguistics for Language Teachers
• ENG 817 - Contemporary Approaches to the Teaching of Composition
• EDU 745A - Supporting Language and Literacy Learning for Multilinguals

• OR

• EDS 799 - Teaching Reading, Writing, and Vocabulary to Multilingual Learners *

•      TESOL add-on license: (up to 12.5 extra credits plus the SMK 12 credits)

       If a student chooses, they may complete a TESOL add-on license in consultation with the lead faculty in TESOL for additional competencies and applying to the TESOL initial licensure program after being admitted to this program.

Math Content Courses

(choose 4 for a concentration)

• MSM 701 - Patterns, Relations, and Algebra for Teachers
• MSM 705 - Geometry and Measurement for Middle School Teachers
• MSM 707 - Number Systems for Middle School Teachers
• MSM 709 - Data, Statistics & Probability for Middle School Teachers
• MSM 711 - Linear Systems for Middle School Teachers
• MSM 713 - Calculus for Middle School Teachers
• MSM 715 - Discrete Mathematics for Middle School Teachers
• MSM 717 - History of Mathematics for Middle School Teachers

Social Sciences and History Content

(choose 4 for a concentration)

• HST 801 - The American Colonies to 1763
• HST 802 - The American Revolution, Critical Period and Federalist Era
• HST 811 - The Civil War
• HST 812 - The Age of Change: the United States, Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
• HST 835 - Seminar: United States in the 20th Century
• HST 840 - Latinos in the United States
• HST 852 - The World of Herodotos
• HST 876 - Europe Since 1914
• HST 901 - Modern Latin America
• HST 912 - Contemporary China 1949-Present
• HST 951 - History of United States-East Asian Relations

Total Credits 30

Please Note:

• All courses that will count towards the degree must be completed within six years of the date the degree is awarded.
• Substitutions are appropriate but the program must remain at 30 credits
• This program does not lead to endorsement for a Teaching License.
• Any Education certificate program may be substituted for a concentration with approval of the coordinator
• A student can create a new four course concentration in consultation with the program coordinator.