Overview

Program Highlights

Professional Preparation: Alternative Education professionals are among the most highly skilled and innovative educators. The Alternative Education program of the Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania will better prepare you to:

Work with the most challenging of students in any instructional setting

Provide school-wide leadership on at-risk student issues

Implement innovative curriculum approaches that address issues such as state standards

Understand and work with specialized educational needs, emotional needs, and problems, motivational difficulties, learning style differences, disruptive behaviors, and conduct disorders

Understand the relationship between theories and practice in working with at-risk students

Online Coursework with On-Site Supervision: The 36-credit program is designed for teachers, social workers, counselors, and administrators in alternative settings, correctional settings, urban schools, and regular education settings.

Strong Curriculum: Courses include a combination of theory and practice, with a focus upon building knowledge and skills relevant to daily classroom challenges.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Inquiry and Educational Change

Designing Assessments Using Performance Standards

Classroom Environments/Helping Skills

Alternative Education: Theory & Practice

Curriculum Issues

The Role of Cognition and Social Skills in the Classroom

Key information

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-25 00:00:00

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Starting 2027-01-26 00:00:00

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Language

English

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Credits

36 SCH

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Bloomsburg, United States
Lock Haven, United States
Mansfield, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

An online application

Three letters of recommendation

A writing sample

Official college transcripts

A copy of PA teaching certification (Optional)

Students must have an undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or higher be accepted into the Alternative Education Program.

Review a pertinent scholarly journal article or report published in a recent professional journal. Include the problem or issue, the author's viewpoint and supporting ideas. Also include your professional opinion in the final paragraphs of the essay. Your essay should not exceed 300 words. (You must submit a copy of the full text of the article along with your essay.)

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

28836 USD / full

≈ 28836 USD / full
Out-of-State

28836 USD / full

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In-State

19224 USD / full

≈ 19224 USD / full

Funding

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Overview

Program Highlights

Programme Structure

Key information

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

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Academic requirements

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic

Funding

Scholarships Information

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