The online Master of Education in Teaching and Learning is designed for K-12 certified teachers who want to develop leadership skills that impact students and influence peers.
Offered by the College of Education and Human Development, the Teaching and Learning master's program aims to strengthen your ability to design and apply curriculum that develops a vision toward students, families and communities while also promoting equity, advocacy, and transformation. This program prioritizes your school-based contexts as the focal points of course discussions and assignments. Throughout the program you’ll learn how to advocate for curricular change via processes that can lead to transformation in education.
Learn more about the CEHD's Tuition Reduction Initiative that can be applied to the M.Ed. in Teaching and Learning Program!
The teaching endorsements are programs designed to broaden the expertise and knowledge-base of all educators at various levels, while adding valuable credentials through certifications to a teaching license if situated in Kentucky.
As a graduate student in the Teaching ad Learning program, you will work with a faculty mentor/advisor to develop a concentration unique to your professional needs. Some of these concentrations can lead to an Endorsement on your Teaching Certification through Kentucky’s Educational Professional Standards Board. Additionally, you may be interested in college’s Education Specialist in Curriculum and Instruction degree program.
The University of Louisville’s Social Justice Education concentration positions teachers to enact culturally sustaining practices in the classroom and advocate locally and beyond for social justice policies. Graduates of the program will possess a skillset geared towards designing and implementing an asset-oriented curriculum along with the capacity to conduct social justice research in education. Coursework will illuminate how education in the U.S. got to this point of vast opportunity disparities across sociocultural groups in education by providing a deep understanding of the foundations of progressive education, curriculum theory, and how educational policies influence practice. Coursework will also provide a practical approach to teaching with various sociocultural identities in mind and provide insights related to conduct justice-focused research in education.
Note: These options are limited to teachers who are already certified in Special Education
Master of Education in Teaching and Learning (LEADMED)
Unit: College of Education and Human Development (ED)
Departments: Elementary, Middle and Secondary Teacher Education and Special Education, Early Childhood, and Prevention Science
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Academic Plan Code(s): See Degree Requirements tab.
Additional information about the M.Ed. in Teaching and Learning can be found in UofL's Graduate Catalog.
Candidates for the Master of Education in Teaching and Learning are required to submit credentials supporting their academic ability to succeed at the graduate level as well as positive dispositions for teaching. Positive dispositions include: effective communication and critical thinking skills, professionalism, and commitment to diversity as well as the teaching profession. Admission credentials will include official transcripts, professional writing requirements, and letters of recommendation.
This program is open to all eligible candidates regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, disability or age.
Candidates should review the following rubrics, used to assess admission credentials:
Questions about the application may be sent to gradadm@louisville.edu. Candidates should apply no later than three weeks prior to the beginning of the semester (August 1st for Fall, December 1st for Spring and April 1st for Summer). Candidates will be notified via e-mail regarding the admission decision.
Applicants to the M.Ed. in Teaching and Learning program must submit the following:
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Essay #2
*Note: Candidates who earned a baccalaureate (and/or advanced) degree outside the U.S. and whose native language is not English must submit official TOEFL scores that meet minimum criteria, and must submit an evaluated transcript from WES (World Education Services) or ECE (Educational Credential Evaluators).
You must be a certified teacher to apply for the M.Ed. in Teaching and Learning. For more information, please contact the person below whose program aligns with your initial certification.
Interdisciplinary Early Childhood, or Special Education
Justin Cooper
College of Education and Human Development
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY 40292
Office phone: 502-852-2183
Elementary, Middle, and Secondary Education
Justin McFadden
College of Education and Human Development
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY 40292
Office: room 236
Office phone: 502-852-3976
In accordance with 16 KAR 5:010, section 12, upon completion of the M.Ed in Teaching and Learning and a recommendation from the faculty advisor, a candidate may apply for graduation and apply to the EPSB for a Teaching and Learning Endorsement.
For more information about the Teaching and Learning Endorsement-Only Option, please see Endorsements.
In addition to the financial aid opportunities offered by the University, the College of Education & Human Development also has information about financial aid.
Other financial aid opportunities available include graduate assistantships and other employment opportunities.
In recognition of valuable service to the preparation of teachers and the need for all teachers to have continual professional growth, a Supervising Teacher or a Resource Teacher for a teacher intern may, with prior approval of the course-offering institution, take a maximum of six (6) credit hours per term at any public postsecondary institution and pay no tuition. The postsecondary institution shall waive the tuition up to a maximum of six (6) credit hours.
To apply, you must complete the Tuition Waiver Certification for Supervising and Resource Teachers Application . Please make certain that all Eligibility Criteria have been met. When completed by the Supervising Teacher and certified by the school principal, return the form to the Student Financial Aid Office at UofL. Students may exercise the tuition waiver option up to twelve months following the assignment.
For additional information, contact Lindsay Driskell at 502-852-8379 or lindsay.driskell@louisville.edu.
Once you are admitted to the program, you may request to transfer up to 6 credit hours if your UofL advisor approves the request. Transfer requests are then submitted to the School of Interdisciplinary and Graduate Studies.
Successful candidates will graduate with a Master of Education (M.Ed.) in Teaching and Learning and receive a Teaching and Learning Endorsement (with possibility of other endorsements within the Specialization). If you already have a Masters degree and seek only the Teaching and Learning Endorsement, you will complete Levels I and III of the Master program.
The program can be completed in as few as two years or as many as six years.
Courses are being offered at UofL, JCPS and OVEC district locations. Online courses are still being developed.
Most courses in the UofL Teaching and Learning program are designed to align with at least one of the NBPTS Core Propositions, as well as the Kentucky Teacher Standards (Advanced Level), Kentucky Education Reform Act (KERA) initiatives, and Education Professional Standards Board (EPSB) themes. Each course in the program includes a description of its relationship to NBPTS Core Propositions.
The UofL Teaching and Learning Master's degree program is designed so that candidates practice types of entries required in the National Board Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) portfolio. The NBPTS portfolio is a Rank I option in Kentucky.
After you are admitted, you will meet with a faculty advisor who has been selected based on the specialization area you identified on your application. During your first session, you will use a modified version of the Kentucky Guide to Reflective Classroom Practice [PDF] to design a specialization that will reflect your professional growth plan.
No, but the CEHD does offer a principal certification program.