Online Education Master's Program Draws a Top 10 National Ranking
The one-year program in elementary and secondary curriculum and instruction has been expanded to include a course helping teachers adapt to the era of virtual instruction.
色情视频鈥檚 online master of arts in teaching (MAT) is again among the top 10 online education programs in the nation, according to a new ranking by U.S. News & World Report.
The No. 8 ranking in the 2022 Best Online Programs, , is up seven spots from the previous year鈥檚 list and marks the second top-10 ranking in three years for the College of Education program.
色情视频鈥檚 one-year program in elementary and secondary curriculum and instruction was launched in 2014 by School of Teacher Education professors Valerie Pang and Luke Duesbery, and instructional designer Andrea Saltzman Martin.
鈥淭his ranking highlights the great work of Valerie Pang, Andrea Saltzman Martin and Luke Duesbery in making our innovative online MAT program what it is today,鈥 said Y. Barry Chung, dean of the College of Education. 鈥淭hey have developed a truly dynamic master's program for teachers that is both flexible and robust. 色情视频 continues to reap the benefits of their vision and leadership.鈥
The program expanded in 2020 with a course on K-12 virtual teaching, tools that proved immediately valuable in the shift to stay-at-home schooling prompted by COVID-19.
"We focus on four key areas and weave these across all courses,鈥 said Duesbery. 鈥淚nquiry-oriented teaching and learning, innovative technologies in teaching, social justice, and equity in education.鈥
鈥淧art of why we are successful is because we treat each cohort from a 鈥楾eaching Team Perspective,鈥欌 he added. 鈥淭en faculty and staff members working together to make sure every student not only gets what they need but in a timely fashion.鈥