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2024-2025 Rowan University Academic Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Rowan University Academic Catalog

Master of Education in Teacher Leadership


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The Master of Education in Teacher Leadership is a graduate program of Rowan University’s CAEP accredited College of Education. It is designed for teachers who want to develop and hone their leadership skills but wish to remain in the classroom. The program approaches leadership from the perspectives of exemplary teaching, continuous learning for all, a need to balance change with stability, and the importance of peaceful existence in a diverse community of learners. To that end, teachers will enhance their abilities to lead not only in their classrooms, but also in the school at large by working with curriculum, becoming mentor/master teachers, developing new programs, and through a variety of other activities that improve schooling for all children.

The Master of Education degree program has three goals:

  1. To develop teacher leaders who practice teaching skills aligned with the New Jersey State Teacher Model Standards.
  2. To develop teacher expertise in a content area of choice.
  3. To empower teachers to assume leadership roles within their schools and districts.

The following seven core propositions of the New Jersey State Teacher Model Standards provide the focus for the master’s program in Standards-Based Practice:

  • Fostering a Collaborative Culture to Support Educator Development and Student Learning
  • Accessing and Using Research to Improve Practice and Student Learning
  • Promoting Professional Learning for Continuous Improvement
  • Facilitating Improvements in Instruction and Student Learning
  • Promoting the Use of Assessments and Data for School and District Improvement
  • Improving Outreach and Collaboration with Families and Community
  • Advocating for Student Learning and the Profession

The M.Ed. in Teacher Leadership is a part-time program with its core courses offered in an online accelerated format. The degree requires the completion of a minimum of 30 graduate semester hours (s.h.) in six (6) consecutive semesters. Due to its scaffolding design, transfer credits are not accepted in the M.Ed. in Teacher Leadership program.

The following components make up the M.Ed. in Teacher Leadership program:

  • Seven Core Courses in Teacher Leadership (19 semester hours)
  • Content Area COGS Coursework (11-21 semester hours)

The seven core courses for this program are offered completely online. The approved Content Area Certificates of Graduate Study (COGS) are offered in varying formats depending on the COGS (e.g., online, hybrid, face-to-face Glassboro Campus, face-to-face Camden Campus).

Content Certificate of Graduate Study (COGS) Options

Following are the currently accepted Content area COGS for the Master of Education in Teacher Leadership program. Advisement for each of those COGS is managed by the department in which it is housed.

  • Early Childhood Special Education (Early Childhood, Elementary Education & Critical Foundations, Online)
  • Educational Technology (Content Area Teacher Education, Online)
  • ESL/Bilingual (Critical Literacy Technology & Multilingual Education, Online)
  • Global History (History, Glassboro Campus)
  • History (History, Glassboro Campus)
  • Holocaust and Genocide Education (Sociology & Anthropology, Glassboro Campus)
  • Learning Disabilities (Early Childhood, Elementary Education & Critical Foundations, Online and Glassboro Campus)
  • Reading (Critical Literacy Technology and Multilingual Education, Glassboro Campus)
  • Reading/Writing (Critical Literacy Technology & Multilingual Education, Glassboro Campus)
  • School Public Relations (Public Relations & Advertising, Glassboro Campus)
  • Special Education (Early Childhood, Elementary Education & Critical Foundations, Online and Glassboro Campus)

Program Requirements


Note:


If students hold National Board certification, two courses in the Core/Teacher Leadership COGS will be waived.

Required Content Area COGS Courses: 11-21 s.h.


Choose one (1) of the Content Area COGS options listed and follow the course requirements as listed in the links below.

Note:


*Students that select the COGS in School Public Relations will be required to complete an additional two or three credit course to meet the 30 total required credits for the program. Please contact the program coordinator for additional information.

Total Minimum Required Credits for the Program: 30 s.h.


Foundation Courses

None

Graduation/Exit, Benchmark, and/or Thesis Requirements

Self-Study in Teacher Leadership Course - This mandatory Self-Study course must be completed successfully to be eligible to graduate. Successful completion of the COGS coursework is a requirement prior to registering for the Self-Study in Teacher Leadership Course.

For additional details, please consult the Program Coordinator and your appropriate COGS coordinator.

Minimum Required Grades and Cumulative GPA

The Master of Education in Teacher Leadership is a Category 2 program.

For details regarding satisfactory academic progress and graduation requirements, please visit Academic Program Policy Categories  


Program Coordinator/Advisor Contact Information
John J. Quinesso, Jr., MAT
Herman D. James Hall, Suite 3036
856.256.4500, ext.53814
quinesso@rowan.edu

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