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Curriculum and Instruction
125 Peik Hall
159 Pillsbury Drive SE
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Voice: 612-625-4006
Fax: 612-624-8277

 

English education - M.Ed. programs

You can prepare for a variety of professions within the field of English education. While most students pursue a career in secondary settings or high school teaching, others in the program have gone on to teach composition at the community college level or to serve as school curriculum coordinators. Some have structured their studies to include specialty concentrations in theater, film and media studies, evaluative studies, remedial reading, literature for adolescents, and journalism. Each year, more than 90 percent of the College's graduates in this field find jobs in middle school or high school teaching positions.

Accredited by NCATE

Initial licensure in communication arts and literature

Our M.Ed./initial licensure program is for individuals seeking licensure to teach in grades 5-8 or 7-12.

M.Ed. in curriculum and instruction: English education

Our M.Ed./professional studies program is for licensed teachers and other professionals interested in gaining advanced knowledge and skills.

M.Ed. Advising

College information about  M.Ed. advisers and forms, student organizations, student support services, graduation, commencement, and career services are available through Student Services.

Student Services
360 Ed Sciences Building
56 East River Road
Minneapolis, MN 55455

cehdinfo@umn.edu
Tel: 612-625-3339
Fax: 612-625-9214

Download the M.Ed. Handbook [.pdf] for detailed degree information.

Faculty

  • Cynthia Lewis
    My research focuses on the literacy practices of adolescents, the social politics of response to literature, digital literacies, and classroom discourse. My books include Literary Practices as Social Acts: Power, Status, and Cultural Norms in the Classroom, and Identity, Agency, and Power: Reframing Sociocultural Research (Lewis, Enciso, & Moje, in press).
  • David O'Brien
    I work collaboratively with school-based colleagues to study adolescent literacy, to help construct supportive programs for adolescents using literacy practices across the curriculum, and to support struggling adolescent readers.

Revised July 2011

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