This program of study is available only to candidates admitted to the preservice Early Childhood/Elementary or Middle Level/High School program who, in consultation with their cohort coordinator or subject matter advisor and the director of the program, determine the candidate will not complete the portion of their program leading to a teaching license but will complete a master's degree. A request to transfer into this degree program must be approved by the appropriate program director and by the Teacher Education department chair.

The M.Ed. program of study is individualized based upon the progress the candidate has made in the program. Individuals who earn this degree will generally have four semester hours of their internship hours replaced by ED 500 and ED 509. All individuals completing this program of study will have 40 semester hours of credit earned at Lewis & Clark.

Degree Requirements

A minimum of 40 semester hours, distributed as follows:

Required Courses for Track I: Early Childhood/Elementary

All courses required for the Early Childhood/Elementary Preservice Program, minus courses determined by the advisor and program director, depending on when during the year the candidate and advisor decide that the candidate will not complete the M.A.T. program leading to a recommendation for an Oregon Initial Teaching License. At a minimum the candidate will have four semester hours of practicum replaced by the following two courses:

Required Courses for Track II: Middle-Level/High School

All courses required for the Middle-Level/High School Preservice Program, minus courses determined by the advisor and program director, depending on when during the year the candidate and advisor decide that the candidate will not complete the M.A.T. program leading to a recommendation for an Oregon Initial Teaching License. At a minimum the candidate will have four semester hours of practicum replaced by the following two courses:

Electives

Any remaining semesters of coursework chosen jointly by the advisor and student. 

Graduate Core Requirement

A minimum of 2 semester hours of Core Program coursework and one Core convocation

Educational Studies Courses

ED 500 Educational Research

Content: How professional educators can gather and interpret the information they need for effective decision making. Topics include the major uses and components of classroom or school-based research processes, quantitative and qualitative methods, the scholarly critique of research studies, and what it means to be a reflective teacher-researcher.
Prerequisites: None.
Credits: 2 semester hours.

ED 509 Master's Project Seminar

Content: Culmination of the master's inservice program. Students have the opportunity to integrate what they have learned. In consultation with the instructor, students design a project that defines and answers a question about creating engaging, responsive, democratic learning communities for diverse learners related to their teaching or intellectual and professional development. Class time is reduced to accommodate individual conferences with the instructor and students' research time. The class meets as a group to support students' synthesis of each other's work and for problem-solving as research and writing proceed.
Prerequisites: None.
Restrictions: To be taken at end of master's program.
Credits: 2 semester hours.