Master of Education with a Preliminary Multiple or Single Subject Teaching Credential and Internship Option

Lead Faculty: Dr. Nedra A. Crow

The Master of Education with a Multiple or Single Subject Teaching Credential is designed for candidates dedicated to instructional leadership in the P-12 settings. Courses meet the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) requirements for a Preliminary Multiple or Single Subject teaching credential and meet requirements for a master’s degree.

Candidates desiring a Master's degree and not seeking to achieve a Preliminary Multiple or Single Subject teaching credential or those who already hold a Multiple or Single Subject teaching credential should enroll in the Master of Arts in Teaching.

As this is a joint program, students must complete all coursework in order to be eligible for the degree, including student teaching, and one of five specializations.

Please see additional Credential admissions requirements under Teacher Education in the School of Education's Credential Programs section of the website.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

• Integrate knowledge and abilities in making subject matter comprehensible for all P12 learners, including those with diverse learning needs.
• Integrate knowledge and abilities in assessing all P12 learners, including those with diverse learning needs.
• Integrate knowledge and abilities in engaging/supporting all P12 learners, including those with diverse learning needs.
• Integrate knowledge and abilities in designing/planning learning experiences for all P12 learners, including those with diverse learning needs.
• Integrate knowledge and abilities in creating/maintaining effective learning environments for all P12 learners, including those with diverse learning needs.
• Integrate knowledge and abilities in being a legal, ethical, and professional educator for all P12 learners, including those with diverse learning needs.
• Analyze the application of educational research, evidence-based practices, and academic writing.

Requirements

Degree Requirements
(19 courses; 72 quarter units)

To receive a Master of Education with California Preliminary Multiple or Single Subject Teaching Credential, candidates must complete at least 57 quarter units of graduate credit of which 48 quarter units must be taken in residence at National University. Further information on graduate admission and evaluation can be found in the Academic Information for Graduate Degrees section of the catalog.

Candidates choosing the Internship option to obtain the Preliminary Multiple or Single Subject Teaching Credential will need to meet the Internship Eligibility requirements.

The CTC mandates that all approved internship programs require a minimum of 120 hours of pre-service coursework prior to becoming the teacher of record. 45 quarter units are equal to 40 clock hours. These pre-service courses must be successfully completed prior to eligibility for completing the internship option.

Co-requisites
(2 courses; 9 quarter units)

HEDX 1101X Intro Health Ed: K-12
EDX 1201X Computer Tech in Classroom

Core Requirements
(6 courses; 27 quarter units)

TED 602 Educational Foundations
SPD 604 Psychological Fdns of Educ.
TED 606 Equity and Diversity
SPD 608 Exceptionalities
TED 626 * Classroom Management
  Prerequisite: TED 623, or TED 621A
TED 690 Capstone
  Prerequisite: TED 530B with a minimum grade of S, TED 628I with a minimum grade of S or

Select one of the following Teacher Credential Areas:
(Multiple Subject or Single Subject)
(4 courses; 18 quarter units)

Multiple Subject:
TED 621A * Lang. Dev. Methods: Elem. Sch.
  Prerequisite: TED 606
TED 621B * Reading/Lang. Arts Methods
  Prerequisite: TED 621A
TED 635 Curr-Assess-Inst: SocSt/PE/Art
  Prerequisite: TED 621A
TED 636 Curr-Assess-Inst: Math-Science
  Prerequisite: TED 621A
OR

Single Subject
TED 623 * Lang. Dev. Methods: Secondary
  Prerequisite: TED 606
TED 632 Content Area Curriculum
  Prerequisite: TED 623
TED 633 Content Area Instruct-Assess
  Prerequisite: TED 623
TED 634 Content Area Literacy
  Prerequisite: TED 623

* Internship Pre-Service course.

Clinical Practice Path: Student Teaching or Internship
(3 courses; 13.5 quarter units)
Faculty Advisor for Internship: Clara Amador-Watson * (310) 285-6625 * camadorw@nu.edu
Faculty Advisor for Student Teaching: Marilyn Laughridge * (530) 226-4015 * mlaughridge@nu.edu

The clinical practice (P12 classroom) experience courses (TED 530A, TED 530B, TED 628i), for either student teaching or internship, are required for the preliminary credential, but do not grant graduate credit. Please see student teaching and internship eligibility requirements under Clinical Practice in the Teacher Education area of the School of Education’s Credential programs section of this addendum.

Student Teaching
TED 530A Student Teaching I
  Co-requisite: TED 531
TED 530B Student Teaching II
  Prerequisite: TED 530A, Co-requisite: TED 531
TED 531 Student Teaching Seminar
  Co-requisite: TED 530A with a minimum grade of S, and
TED 530B with a minimum grade of S
OR

Internship
TED 610 Best Internship Practices
  Prerequisite: Admission to the intern program
TED 628I Internship Clinical Practice
  Co-requisite: TED 629I, or TED 631
TED 631 Internship Seminar

Please see completion requirements under Teacher Education in the School of Education’s Credential Programs section of this addendum.

Candidates must choose one of the following Areas of Specializations:

Specialization in Best Practices
Faculty Advisor: Linda Ventriglia-Nava * (916) 855-4160 * lventrig@nu.edu

The Best Practices program implements research-based practices that accelerate student achievement. The Best Practices program involves the following effective teaching practices: vocabulary development, comprehensive strategies, accelerated English language learning, higher level questioning, differentiated and targeted instruction, student engagement strategies, cooperative grouping patterns, standard-based instruction. Along with learning the strategies listed above, candidates will be taught how to create
multidisciplinary standards-based lesson plans.

Program Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

• Use Best Practice teaching strategies across the curriculum.
• Integrate Best Practices for standards-based instruction across content areas.
• Apply to their teaching the framework of Teach, Practice and Apply using Best Practice teaching strategies.
• Implement Best Practice teaching strategies for the development of vocabulary, math, reading comprehension, and interdisciplinary learning.
• Integrate Best Practices in multimedia-interactive classroom instruction.
• Demonstrate a repertoire of differentiated instructional strategies.

Required Courses
(4 courses; 18 quarter units)
MAT 670 Theory Best Practice Teaching
MAT 671 Appl Best Practice Strat in Cl
MAT 674 Differentiated Instruction
MAT 675 21st Century Multimedia & Tech

Specialization in Educational Technology
Faculty Advisor: Cynthia Sistek-Chandler * (858) 642-3457 * cchandler@nu.edu

This specialization is designed for individuals wishing to develop their knowledge and skills for using technology in the educational setting.

Program Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

• Integrate interdisciplinary connection between evidence based technologies for multimedia instruction.
• Use teaching strategies to accommodate learners in an online or blended environment.
• Participate in online community building and web-based interactive activities.
• Assess the effectiveness and efficiency of multimedia courseware and internet resource for use in instruction and delivery system.
• Examine the critical issues involved in designing effective distance educational programs.
• Design web-based courses using web page design authoring tools.

Required Courses
(4 courses; 18 quarter units)

EDT 605 Education Theory & Technology
  Prerequisite: EDT 600A, or Permission of the faculty advisor
EDT 610 Teaching Online
EDT 660 Multimedia & Interactive Tech.
EDT 671 Curriculum for Online Learning

Specialization in Reading
Faculty Advisor: Marilyn Moore * (858) 642-8301 * mmoore@nu.edu

This four-course sequence is designed to meet the needs of teachers who already have a valid teaching credential and want to attain a specialty in assessing student reading capabilities and provide appropriate reading instruction in response to those assessments.

Program Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

• Show knowledge about theories and research related to effective reading and language arts instruction.
• Conduct individualized informal literacy assessments for struggling readers at early and intermediate levels, including English language learners.
• Prepare a Reading Specialization Field Study Proposal with recommendations for instructional interventions, based on individualized informal literacy assessments.
• Design and conduct tutorial, small group, and whole-class language arts instruction.
• Implement research-based theory, assessment, and instructional strategies.
• Utilize the ability to incorporate instructional technology into language arts instruction.
• Communicate plans for tutorial, small group, and whole-class language arts instruction to principal and other school personnel, including assessment-based rationale.
• Communicate results of individualized informal assessments to parents.
• Make decisions about what ALL students need to succeed (Social Justice).
• Portray a professional image, model integrity, and reflect continuously on actions and interactions.

Required Courses
(4 courses; 18 quarter units)
MAT 645 Dev. Fluency in Reading
MAT 646 Comprehension Strategies
MAT 647A Lang Arts Assess and Instruc I
  Prerequisite: MAT 645, and MAT 646
MAT 647B Fld St: Lag Art Assess & In II
  Prerequisite: MAT 645, MAT 646, and MAT 647A

Candidates in the Reading Specialization are required to upload assignments in the Reading Specialization electronic Presentation Portfolio in eCollege. Completion of the reading specialization qualifies the candidate for a state of California Reading Certificate. Upon successful completion, the candidate should contact their credential advisor for the reading certification application procedures. All courses must be taken at National University No coursework is accepted from another university for this program and no substitutions are allowed.

Specialization in Teacher Leadership
Faculty Advisor: Sidney Castle * (858) 642-8395 * scastle@nu.edu

This five-course specialization comes from the Advanced Learning Press’ Center for Performance Assessment, which offers a unique master’s degree program that provides teachers with the skills and theories to be leaders in their classrooms and schools. It is a collaborative effort with Advanced Learning Press, which already offers a ten course master’s degree in educational leadership. All the courses will be offered online.

Program Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

• Demonstrate an understanding of the principles of effective educational accountability.
• Demonstrate the ability to analyze and understand research on educational leadership.
• Demonstrate an understanding of how to lead learning communities and cross-cultural educational initiatives within school and classroom
• Demonstrate the ability to build professional relationships and networks for instructional leadership.

Required Courses
(5 courses; 22.5 quarter units)
MAT 651 Assessing Educational Leaders
MAT 652 Leadership Accountability
MAT 653 Motivational Leadership
MAT 654 Seminar in Social Issues
MAT 655 Leadership Impact Seminar

Specialization in Teaching and Learning in a Global Society
Faculty Advisor: Constance Rothmund * (858) 642-8640

This specialization is designed to provide candidates with the necessary knowledge, skills, and dispositions to teach in culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms.

Program Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

• Using current research on multilingualism and multiculturalism, explore the global issues of immigration, poverty, environment, distribution of resources and power and identify how these issues affect human development, schooling and learning.
• Examine the current models of schooling and how they might be transformed to make curricula (instructional approaches, practices, materials and assessments) accessible, equitable and just to an increasingly diverse population.
• Develop a community of practice that promotes global awareness and participation in community service and school learning activities, including field experiences and social and professional relationships with parents, teachers, administrators and local community members and organizations.
• Develop a systematic approach to reflect on personal and professional beliefs, knowledge, dispositions and practices to continuously improve teaching and student learning.
• Review and conduct action research on issues of international and immigrant populations, language, class, race, gender, ethnicity and culture in the school and reflect on that research.

Required Courses
(4 courses; 18 quarter units)
TED 665 Cognition, Lang. & Cult
TED 666 Cultural and Linguistics
TED 667 Diversity and Change
TED 668 Multicultural Literature

Program Information

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Online Education

This program is available online.

Program Locations

• Carlsbad Campus
• San Jose Campus
• Spectrum Business Park Campus

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