Teacher Leader - Alternative Concentration
This concentration is designed for Teacher Leader candidates who want to add skills and knowledge not defined in the other areas of TL concentrations. Candidates can choose from pre-planned alternatives or design their own program of study. Pre-planned alternative concentrations include: Communications, English/Language Arts (not for dual credit instruction), English as a Second Language (Endorsement), Rural Education, School Health, Sociology, and STEM.
If designing their own program of study, the candidate works with his or her advisor to identify a graduate faculty consultant with expertise in the candidate's concentration. The candidate, advisor, faculty consultant (who may be the advisor) and department chairs complete and sign the curriculum contract that lists the approved courses for the alternative concentration.
The selected concentration MUST:
- Enhance the competency of the initial teaching certification;
- Add a certification area not covered by the initial certificate; or
- Advance professionally to a higher position.
This concentration requires a signed curriculum contract that lists the courses required in the alternative concentration.
Program Requirements
Teacher Leader Core
| EDTL 601 | Leadership and Decision Making | 3 |
| EDTL 602 | Education in Context | 3 |
| EDTL 603 | Research and Teacher Leader | 3 |
| EDTL 604 | Collaboration for Teachers | 3 |
| EDTL 605 | Developmental Analysis of Learning | 3 |
| EDTL 606 | Curriculum and Instructional Design | 3 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 18 |
Alternative Concentration
Possible pre-planned alternative concentrations include:
- Communications - 12 hours from any COMM 600-level courses
- English/Language Arts (not dual credit instruction) - 12 hours from any ENG 600-level courses
- English as a Second Language (Endorsement) - EDTL 601, EDTL 602, EDTL 603, EDTL 604
- Rural Education - SOC 659 and 3 courses from the following: SOC 616, SOC 617, SOC 626, SOC 630, SOC 665, SOC 676, RAPP 620, RAPP 630, RAPP 637
- School Health - 12 hours from any HLTH 600-level courses
- Sociology - 12 hours from any SOC 600-level courses
- STEM - MATH/SCI 619, EDTC 600-level course, BIOL 600-level course, and one of the following: MATH 625, MATH 663, EDTC 600-level course, BIOL 600-level course
Total Credit Hours: 30
NOTE: With the exception of the ESL endorsement (which requires the appropriate Praxis exam), this concentration does NOT change the area in which a candidate is certified to teach.