General Program Requirements
You have the opportunity to earn a Master in Education (M. Ed.) or a Educational Specialist (Ed.S.) degree in Curriculum & Instruction with an emphasis in Teacher Leadership for School Improvement. Both degrees require educators to be successful in the following three areas. Once admitted into the TLSI program, you will be sent an official program of study form that you will complete in consultation with a faculty advisor.
Teacher Leadership for School Improvement Coursework
All TLSI educators expand their knowledge, skills, and dispositions as we work toward the goal of teacher leadership for school improvement. Specifically you will work on knowledge, skills, and dispositions related to instructional practices, inquiry-based research, and teacher leadership and advocacy. The TLSI common coursework includes:
Guided Teacher Inquiry (inquiry-based research)
Teacher Leadership (teacher leadership and advocacy)
Transforming the Curriculum (instructional practices and teacher leadership and advocacy)
Culturally Responsive Classroom Management (instructional practices)
Specialization Area
Along with the TLSI core, you will have the opportunity to advance your knowledge in a specialization area.
Early Learning Specialization (currently open to Quality Counts cohorts only)
- Issues in Transition
- Implementing Developmentally Appropriate Practice
- Parents and Families
- Issues in Early Childhood Assessment
Educational Technology
- The Internet in K-12 Instruction
- Designing Technology Rich Curriculum
- Literacy & Technology
- Digital Photography
Interdisciplinary (combination of courses from all listed specializations plus the following):
- Education and American Culture
- Cross-Cultural Communication for Teachers
Media Education (http://distance.education.ufl.edu/Media_Literacy.aspx)
- Teaching Multiliteracies
- Teaching Media Literacy with the Internet
- Teaching Narrative Across the Media
- Literacy & Technology
Meeting the Needs of Struggling Learners (Special Education)
- Differentiated Instruction – and then select 3 of the following;
- Teaching and Managing Behavior for Student Learning
- Evaluation in Special Education
- Intervention for Language and Learning Disabilities
- Math Strategies for Struggling Learners
Reading – 5-course sequence that can lead to Florida state-approved reading endorsement
- Teaching Reading in Elementary Schools
- Teaching Reading in Secondary Schools
- Diagnosis of Reading Difficulties
- Remediation of Reading Difficulties
- Reading Practicum
Specializations Under Development:
- English Speakers of Other Languages
- Mathematics Education
- Science Education
Teacher Leadership for School Improvement Portfolio
As part of the job-embedded element of this program, you will be creating a portfolio providing evidence of your growth in the TLSI program goals. Your work in creating the TLSI portfolio fulfills part of your degree requirements.
