Overview

Program Highlights

Professional Preparation: Alternative Education professionals are among the most highly skilled and innovative educators. The Alternative Education program of Lock Haven University 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

Duration

Part-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2024-01-22 00:00:00

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Starting 2024-08-21 00:00:00

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Language

English

IELTS

5.5

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Credits

36 SCH

Delivered

Online

Disciplines

Education Teaching View 736 other Masters in Teaching in United States

Academic requirements

GPA

3

English requirements

IELTS

5.5

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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 Fee

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International

13932 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 6966 USD per semester during 12 months.
National

13932 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 6966 USD per semester during 12 months.
In-State

9288 USD/year

Tuition Fee

Based on the tuition of 4644 USD per semester during 12 months.

Funding

Studyportals Student Grant Deadline: 30 June 2020

Apply and be among one of the 20 students to win €1000.

Studyportals Student Grant Deadline: 30 June 2020

Apply and be among one of the 20 students to win €1000.

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