Graduate Program

Shelley Wooley was the graduate student respondent at the 2008 Commencement Ceremonies.  Shelley has been an active member of the campus community since she came to LSSU via Brazil, where she was Community Liaison Officer for the U.S. Embassy and president of the American School of Brasilia School Board, and her husband, John, was Deputy Attaché for Homeland Security to Brazil and Bolivia at the U.S. Embassy. 

Master of Arts: Curriculum and Instruction 

At left, the 2009 Commencement exercises honored Joanna Spotts, Greg Chromy, Kirstyn Beaulieu, Richelle Baylis and Doug Compo

The Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction degree program provides an essential opportunity for practicing teachers in Northern and Upper Michigan as well as in Northern Ontario, to enrich their understanding of, and improve their skills in, pedagogy, curriculum design, and assessment within the context of their discipline specific content knowledge.  The degree provides a framework for securing a rigorous plan of study focused on the professional development needs of practicing teachers.  The degree program allows both elementary and secondary masters degree candidates the opportunity to develop a graduate plan of study that strengthens their teaching practices and address student learning in their classrooms.

Professional Development and Certificate/Licensure Renewal 

The School of Education offers graduate-level courses for professional development and certificate renewal. Admission to the graduate degree program is not required for enrollment in courses used for certificate renewal or ongoing training. Approved graduate courses taken for professional develemopent or certificate renewal may later be used to meet the requirements of the graduate degree within the limitations of program policies. In addition, the department offers non-matriculated graduate credits (900-level) for professional development and certificate renewal which will not directly apply to the graduate degree program without completing addition requirements.

Summer 2009 Schedule

• EDUC611 Educational Psychology July 6, 7, 8, 9 and July 20, 21, 22, 23 from 9 am-5pm. For more information contact: Dr. Steve Warrington (swarrington@lssu.edu) Textbook: Educational Psychology, by Anita Woolfolk # Publisher: Allyn & Bacon; 10 edition (February 10, 2006) # ISBN-10: 0205459463 # ISBN-13: 978-0205459469
• EDUC625 Multimedia for Instruc & Curr May 16 and 30, June 8, 9, 10, 11 from 8-5 For more information contact: Dr. Paulette Attie (pattie@lssu.edu) No textbook information at this time.

Fall 2009 Schedule

• EDUC602 Action Reseach I - 3 credits (new title for Fall 2009)
• EDUC695 Capstone Research I - 2 credits (new title and credits for Fall 2009)
• EDUC696 Capstone Research II - 1 credit (new course for Fall 2009)
  (note that 695-2 cr & 696-1 cr replace the former three credit 695)

Spring 2010 Schedule (tentative)

• EDUC604 Action Research II - 3 credits (new title for Spring 2010)
• EDUC605 Integrated Approaches to Curriculum Design and Implementation - 3 credits

Summer 2010 Schedule: (tentative)

• EDUC613 Sociological Foundations of Education - 4 credits
• EDUC624 Reading: Research and Methodologies - 3 credits
  Approved to meet reading requirement for professional certificate under PA118

Graduate Degree Program

• Program Requirements
• Program Forms
• Assessment
• Faculty
• Application for Admission (G100-c)
• Professional References (G110-a)
• Plan of Study (G120-c)
• Graduate Course Rotation Schedule
• Conceptual Framework
• Mission & Vision Statements

Applying

THERE IS NO ADMISSION DEADLINE for the graduate program, you may apply at any time and begin enrollment in graduate classes at the start of next semester. Graduate courses are open to any qualified student within the limits of the admission policy. Candidates may complete not more than 50% of the graduate program requirements prior to admission. LSSU courses completed during the student teaching internship can be used in our graduate program (up to six in the core requirements), again within the limits of the admission policy. See the page on admission policies for additional information.

The graduate program requirements are described in detail in documents listed/linked on the left. Working with a graduate advisor, candidates may incorporate the graduate credits earned through the LSSU student teaching internship, and a limited number of university credits accepted in transfer (read more...)

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• Graduate Admission Procedures
• Graduate Registration Process: a flowchart
• Graduate Readmission - Application for Readmission is needed after a break in continuous enrollment in order to reactivate a student's status in the registration system.   This form is only for after you are admitted to the graduate program.