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.
Program Highlights
- Prepare to become a change agent in your school and develop a student-centered, culturally responsive and asset-driven curriculum that empowers your students’ voices.
- Study and apply theories and classroom techniques that will help you build a successful career and empower your students and influence your peers.
- Learn alongside world-class faculty experts with extensive teaching and research experience.
- Complete your degree as quickly as within 2 years.
- Customize your degree with concentrations, endorsements or certificate options.
Outcomes
The 2019-2029 occupational outlook for high school, middle school, and elementary teachers is expected to grow 4% nationwide, which is as fast as the average national occupation growth rate (bls.gov). The median annual salary of a Rank II teacher in Kentucky (master’s level) is $55,890 and varies based on years of experience (education.ky.gov).
Created in collaboration with school district specialists, school administrators, university faculty and P-12 classroom teachers, UofL’s teacher leadership program prepares Rank III certified Kentucky teachers and out-of-state teachers to pursue career tracks including:
- Curriculumn design specialist
- Curriculumn coordinator
- Curriculumn and instruction specialist
- Instructinal coach
- Instructional assessment and evaluation specialist
- Board certified behavior analyst
- Autism specturm disorder specialist
- Department chair
- Classroom reading/literacy specialist
- English as a second language specialist
- Elementary mathematics specialist