Master in Education

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Source: 2002-2003 Catalog

ACCREDITATION
Kansas State Department of Education
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education

Students entering the teacher education program are strongly encouraged to meet with a teacher education advisor regarding the changes in Education Programs.

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES
The Graduate Program is primarily designed to provide regular and special education teachers with experiences which will directly improve their instructional competence. The Department of Education at Washburn University believes that it can render its greatest service in this area. While instruction in the use of research procedures is an important part of the program, the major emphasis is the improvement of instruction.

A second aim of the Department of Education is to provide the opportunity to fulfill requirements for additional teaching endorsements or renewal of certificate. The Department of Education also offers a variety of options to enable a candidate to obtain teaching endorsements in additional subjects and fields of concentration. Specific programs and courses of study are available upon request.

A third major objective of the graduate program is the professional development of educational administrators. The Department of Education at Washburn believes that the educational administrator plays an essential role in instructional leadership. The Department further believes that the educational administration program should emphasize a knowledge of curriculum, finance, and school law as well as superior management skills. We hope to nurture educational administrators whose chief and abiding concern is the improvement of instruction and who believe that administrative principles and procedures exist to facilitate instruction.