Education in Teacher Leadership

Overview

This 30 semester credit hours Master's of Education in Leadership program offered by The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is designed to prepare teachers as instructional leaders, coaches, and mentors based upon national professional standards. 

This program is designed to respond directly to a growth-sector need identified through an analysis conducted collaboratively with regional community partners. 

Key Features

This program will help graduates diversify and extend their professional brand while allowing them to market themselves as highly effective teachers who have demonstrated their ability to facilitate positive instructional effectiveness on their campus and cultivate a positive school climate.

The M.Ed. in Teacher Leadership degree is designed to provide career opportunities with specific programmed raises upon completion that will help to retain teachers as leaders on school campuses. 

Overall, the M.Ed. in Teacher Leadership provides remunerated pathways for developing teachers’ careers and thereby ameliorates teacher retention that is so critical in schools