M.Ed. in Secondary Education: Creativity, Talent, and Transformation Concentration
Foster creativity, learning, talent, and transformation through teaching, mentoring, and leadership.
The 30-credit Master of Education (M.Ed.) in Secondary Education with a concentration in Creativity, Talent, and Transformation equips students with skills, knowledge, and research for fostering creativity, learning, talent, and transformation through teaching, mentoring, and leadership in schools or communities. The program is ideal for those seeking to develop new teaching skills, realize unanticipated possibilities, and make an impact. The flexible, online format is well suited for working professionals.
Career Opportunities
Program graduates are well-prepared for a variety of “next step” career opportunities. Examples include:
- Instructional coordinator
- Mentoring coordinator
- High school department head
- Advanced-learning curriculum lead
- Undergraduate faculty
The program is also well suited for teachers who want to enhance their knowledge and skills for nurturing student and educator creative contributions and talented actions.
Skills
Graduates develop a range of valuable and versatile skills such as the ability to:
- Foster creativity, talent, and learning through teaching, mentoring, and leadership
- Analyze and communicate complex information for various needs and groups of people
- Effect change at multiple levels
“The program is amazing and transformative! My classroom, my teaching, and my thinking about what education is--and can be--have transformed.”
--Jenna Leal, M.Ed.
Courses
- 1) CI 5383 Mentoring Across the Life Span
- 2) CI 5352 Research and Current Topics in Talent Development and Creativity
- 3) CI 5310 Creativity: Theories, Research, Practices, and Issues
- 4) CI 5330 Multicultural Teaching and Learning
- 5) CI 5373 Professional Development for Educators; or EDCL 5339 Understanding Self: Developing a Personal Vision of Leadership
- 6) CI 5339 Project-Based Learning; EDTC 5310 Introduction to Educational Technology; or RDG 5310 Teaching with Children's and Young Adult Literature
- 7) CI 5359 Curriculum with Rigor, Depth, and Complexity; CI 5368 The Politics and Creativity of Being and Becoming; or CI 5308 Emerging Frameworks for Gifted and Talented Education
- 8) CI 5309 Rethinking Talent and Transformation
- 9) Two Advisor-Approved Electives (6 credit hours)