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Help Students Reach their Potential While You Reach Yours with an M.Ed.

If you want to be involved in ​developing​ the core curriculum and ensure equitable classroom environments for all students, you can create these opportunities with a Master of Education degree with a ​c​oncentration in Curriculum & Instruction from Averett University. Our programs offer education in the practical skills needed to bring positive change to the education system at a community, state, and national level. We offer variations in the program​, additional endorsements, and​ a flexible learning environment. Explore the Curriculum & Instruction Programs today. 

Curriculum & Instruction Programs with Add-on Endorsements

M.Ed. - Educational F​oundations (non-licensure)

M.Ed. - with English as a Second Language Endorsement

This program helps you grow your knowledge of the teaching and learning process and curriculum development. Learn how to teach more effectively and ​hone​​ ​ students’ strengths to help them reach their full potential. 

If you are a licensed or provisionally licensed Virginia teacher, this program teaches you how to aid vulnerable student populations as they learn the English language. You learn how to effectively support the Every Student Succeeds Act across a diverse population of students. 

Example Courses

• Models and Theories
• Transition Planning and Services
• The Exceptional Student
• Teaching Literacy in the Content Area 

Career Outcomes

Upon ​completing​​ ​this program, you will have earned an M.Ed. in Curriculum & Instruction w/​an​ English as a Second Language Endorsement. This program may lead to a position as an ESL teacher. 

Example Courses

• Language Development
• Second Language Acquisition and Learning
• Content Area Literacy for Diverse Populations 

M.Ed. - with Gifted Education Endorsement

M.Ed. - with Reading Specialist Endorsement

If you currently hold a Virginia Collegiate Professional Teacher License, this program teaches you how to promote and nurture the abilities of gifted and talented children from diverse backgrounds. You learn how to support the Every Student Succeeds Act and help solve current issues in gifted student programs. 

If you hold a Virginia Collegiate Professional Teacher License, this program will teach you literacy techniques to assist with the reading and comprehension skills crucial to student success in the classroom and beyond.  

Career Outcomes

Upon ​completing​​ ​this program, students will have earned an M.Ed. in Curriculum & Instruction w/ Reading Specialist Endorsement. This program may lead to a position as a reading specialist, coach, or interventionist.   

Career Outcomes

Upon ​completing​​ ​this program, students will have earned an M.Ed. in Curriculum & Instruction w/ a Gifted Education Endorsement. This program may lead to ​a gifted teacher, specialist, or coordinator position​​.

Example Courses

• Models and Theories
• Identification and Assessment of Gifted Students
• Characteristics and Education of Gifted Students
• Differentiating Curriculum for the Gifted 

Example Courses

• Language Development
• Survey of Reading
• Practicum of Reading
• Diagnosis/Prescriptions of Reading Difficulties 

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It’s time to build the future you deserve. No matter the obstacles you’ve faced in the past, at Averett University we can help you reach your potential, fulfill your dream and build a better future. Discover your path to success.

Experience

Founded in 1859, Averett has specialized in helping non-traditional students like you attain degrees for more than 35 years through the Graduate and Professional Studies college.

Consistency

We provide you with quality course content delivered in a consistent, uncomplicated format. Your life is complicated enough—the technology you use shouldn’t be.

Relevant Content

What you learn in your virtual classroom today, you can put to immediate use in your workday tomorrow.

Methodology

You’ll access relevant and comprehensive courses through technology that is dependable, consistent and user-friendly.

Personalized Attention

You will experience small class sizes and instructors who care about you as an individual. You’ll even have your own Student Success Coach who will be with you from your enrollment to graduation.

Network

As part of the Averett family, you will have access to faculty, staff, classmates, and more than 25,000 alumni in 50 states and almost 50 countries.

“Through academically rigorous course offerings, outstanding instructors, and proactive support systems, Averett empowers all students to be life-long learners.” 

  - Jeremy Clark, M.Ed

Averett University is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) to award associate, baccalaureate, and master’s degrees. Degree-granting institutions also may offer credentials such as certificates and diplomas at approved degree levels. Questions about the accreditation of Averett University may be directed in writing to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, GA 30033-4097, by calling (404) 679-4500, or by using information available on SACSCOC’s website (www.sacscoc.org).

Averett University is committed to preparing students to serve and lead as catalysts for positive change, to providing opportunities that will be transformative for our region and beyond, and to addressing needs with our high-quality academic programs.

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