Middle Level Master of Education (M.Ed) and Certificate of Advanced Study (CAS)

The Middle Level Education Programs are designed for teachers who want to obtain a Masters Degree or a Certificate of Advance Study with a specialty in middle level education. The goal of the program is to focus on the unique developmental characteristics of all young adolescents by creating a community of adults whose common and shared purpose is to provide educational success for all young adolescents as they prepare for productive adult lives.

Working with an NLU middle level faculty team, small intact groups of students move through the program together.  Members of the faculty team work closely with middle school educational leaders, community agencies, young adolescents, and middle level specialists.

Students who took the middle level endorsement classes as undergraduates do not need to take the classes again, but they do need to take six hours of approved electives. These electives should enhance their content knowledge for teaching in their endorsed area of concentration. 

Core Course Requirements:  

 M.Ed

• ESR 506 Graduate Research: Interpretive/Critical  2sh
• ESR 507 Graduate Research:  Empirical/Quantitative  2sh
• FND 511 Social and Cultural Politics of Education  3sh
• EPS 541 Cognition and Instruction  2sh

Total 9sh

C.A.S.

FND 546 Perspective on and Administration of Educational Policies  3sh

Program Requirements

• MLE 506 Middle School Coherent Curriculum I  3sh
• MLE 508 Middle School Coherent Curriculum II  3sh
• MLE 510 Issues of Equity and Diverse Cultures at the Middle Level   3sh
• MLE 512 Teaching Media/Cultural Literacy for Middle Level Students  3sh
• MLE 514 Connecting Middle School to Families and Community  3sh
• MLE 516 Integrative Arts at the Middle Level   2sh
• MLE 524 Advocacy Skills for the Middle Level Teacher   2sh
• RLR 516 Literacy Development in the Middle School   3sh

In addition to the above program requirements, C.A.S. candidates will take

• RLL 528 Multicultural Literature  2sh

Total Hours:  C.A.S   27                     M. Ed.  31

Middle Level Endorsement