The purpose of the M.A.Ed. program is to provide relevant continuing programming for educators seeking a diversity of knowledge, skills and values for post-baccalaureate preparation and licensure.

Objectives of the Program

Students in the M.A.Ed. program will:

1. Enhance their knowledge, skills and values relating to the major issues facing today’s practitioners in education.
2. Apply research skills to current education problems.
3. Augment current licensure with new licensure programs.
4. Initially prepare, for some individuals with noneducation degrees, to become licensed teachers.
5. Be encouraged in their Christian commitment and service to society.

Master of Arts in Education: Urban Education Track

Union University's Master of Arts in Education: Urban Education Track is designed to be an innovative and contemporary curriculum to serve as professional preparation for urban educators. The Union University School of Education continues to partner with a Memphis foundation to offer a graduate degree for the initial licensure of urban teachers. The mission and purpose of the Memphis Teacher Residency (MTR) program coincides with the identity, mission, and core values of Union University, seeking a corps of teachers who have already completed an undergraduate content area and share a calling dedicated to significantly improving the lives of the most at-risk students in urban Memphis classrooms and schools. The MTR is part of an urban residency network which includes Chicago, Boston, Denver, Miami, and New Orleans.

This degree is a one-year graduate program, with concentrations in Secondary as well as Elementary Education. It consists of intensive integration of graduate work with a year-long apprenticeship for Residents working with an assigned Mentor teacher from the school system and Coach from the university faculty. A Resident Internship, the first full-year clinical experience of its kind offered by Union's School of Education, is being planned for the 2010-2011 school year. Graduate students selected for the MTR program receive a stipend, housing assistance, and free tuition (funded by the foundation).

Classes for the degree begin each June with Residents scheduled to graduate the following year. Currently upon graduation, the Residents will have completed the Master of Arts in Education: Urban Education Track and initial Tennessee teacher licensure. In return, these graduates commit to teach in urban schools in Memphis, TN for at least a period of three years as part of the MTR agreement.

Recent Photos

Large | X-Large 12/19/08 - Jaquia Caprice Porter poses for a family member after receiving her diploma for a master of arts in education. Behind her, Michael Ellis Rosenthal receives his diploma. - Kristi McMurry	Large | X-Large 12/19/08 - Brittany Elizabeth Camp receives her master of arts in education at the fall graduation ceremony. - Kristi McMurry	Large | X-Large 8/2/08 - Gerardo Gonzales, who is graduating with a Master of Arts in Education, looks through the graduation program while waiting in a hallway before the ceremony. - Justin Veneman

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