M.S. Ed. Secondary Education: English
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The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) and the International Reading Association (IRA) have collaborated in the creation of standards for the English language arts to “ensure that all students are offered the opportunities, the encouragement, and the vision to develop the language skills they need to pursue life’s goals, including personal enrichment and participation as informed members of our society” (1996). As a teacher candidate in the Graduate Leading Teacher Program in Secondary English, you will be provided with opportunities to explore issues regarding the theory and practice of teaching English at the secondary level and to engage in teaching adolescents the skills of writing, reading, responding to literature, listening, speaking, and exploring new media while considering student and community contexts. Through a strongly oriented social justice framework, the focus of the program will be to facilitate candidates as more knowledgeable, insightful, creative and compassionate teachers upon entry into the secondary English classroom.
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The Leading Teacher Program- Secondary Education is designed to prepare the nation’s secondary school teachers. The program’s coursework includes professional education in areas of concentration that includes English, K-12 Latin, Social Studies, Mathematics, and the Sciences.
The curriculum meets Pennsylvania standards as well as the standards of national professional organizations. All coursework, projects and fieldwork in the program reflect the School of Education’s conceptual framework themes of technology, diversity and leadership.
