Master of Education [M.Ed] [Teaching and Learning] From Saint Mary's University of Minnesota

Program Highlights

• You can expect hands-on, practical, and meaningful course content. You will be able to implement what you learned on Saturday?in your classroom on Monday morning.
• This nontraditional program is learner-centered, active, community-based, and focuses on your specific research needs or interests.
• Each course is taught by an expert practitioner currently working in the field who has an earned doctorate or master?s degree.
• Our blended delivery model includes face-to-face meetings one Saturday a month supplemented with ongoing online learning experiences.
• The program's culminating project is to lead a roundtable dialog focused on your final action research at a program-wide professional conference.
• Collaborate online with other M.Ed. learners who teach in the same grade level and/or content area and access a wealth of specialized resources culled especially for educators.
• Throughout the length of the program, experience learning in an interdependent community setting where you will build trust with your colleagues that enables a unique, dynamic level of learning
• Students of this program have the opportunity to apply for the?Remick Fellowship?scholarship.
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Spring and Fall Conferences

All year one and year two learners participate in the spring conference on the Twin Cities Campus. At the spring conference, year two learners lead a seminar focused on their action research findings and facilitate discussions around concepts related to their research.?Year two learners participate in a fall conference on the Twin Cities Campus.?

Final Project

The culminating project for this program is an opportunity to share learning at a professional conference with program peers. Sharing takes place via roundtable seminars during which learners will lead dialogue around one of his/her action research projects.

From Start to Finish

• You can earn your M.Ed. in Teaching and Learning in less than two years.
• A learning community model allows for a group of learners to collaborate in convenient locations across the state, on average, one Saturday per month. Additional online instruction and activities supplement these face-to-face interactions. Learning communities start in the spring and fall semesters.
• The program is a five-semester, 36-credit program. Semesters run year-round, with three semesters in a calendar year.?30 credits are completed while enrolled in a learning community. The additional six may be transferred in or taken as elective credits. ?Visit the?Graduate Professional Development for Educators?website for a catalog of elective credits that you can take to fulfill the elective requirements.