Master of Science in Education:
Major in 21st Century Teaching & Learning

This 30-credit online graduate program is designed to support secondary educators in math, science, social studies, and language arts by providing practical strategies and tools that can be immediately applied in your classroom to create an engaging and effective 21st Century learning environment. The program seamlessly incorporates inquiry, projects, technology, and dynamic and flexible groupings into authentic teaching and learning within the specific content areas.

The innovative program in 21st Century Teaching & Learning:

• Offers flexibility and ease with online learning
• Advances teacher skills in content-specific fields
• Couples most current evidence-based research with practical application
• Teams learners with national partners (e.g., Discovery Education, NASA) to develop capstone project
• Meets PA requirements for multiple initiatives, including Classrooms for the Future, Project 720, and Level II Teacher Certification
• Helps teachers engage students in learning

When teachers engage and energize students, they find their teaching experience more rewarding, which ultimately improves teacher retention. Students also:

• Score higher on standardized tests
• Learn better with longer retention
• Apply their knowledge outside of the classroom
• Increase teacher job satisfaction