Department of English

English Education

Expand your knowledge and skills as a professional English educator

Learn about and join the latest research-based conversations in the field of English and literacy education.

Choose coursework and develop research projects to meet your specific educational and professional needs and goals through individualized mentoring and advising.

Develop the capacity to assume literacy leadership roles in your school, district, or broader academic communities.

Pursue a Graduate Degree in English Education

With flexible opportunities to focus your coursework in a particular sub-field of English or take courses across sub-fields as well as in the College of Education, you will deepen your English content knowledge and reflective skills as a professional educator. With this program, you will be able to choose coursework and develop research projects to meet your specific educational and professional needs and goals through individualized mentoring and advising. You can learn about and join the latest research-based conversations in the field of English and literacy education and develop the capacity to assume literacy leadership roles in your school, district, or broader academic communities.

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Is a Master’s Degree in English Education Right for You?

Our program is designed for currently certified secondary (middle or high school) teachers who wish to deepen their English content knowledge, develop their reflective and instructional capacities, and join conversations in the field of education that connect them to networks of English educators across this country who seek to develop equitable teaching practices that benefit all students. Most of our students are currently teaching or wish to teach middle or high school English in public or private schools in Missouri and/or the United States.

Students who want to teach English in countries other than the United States should explore our department’s Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages programs. We do offer the addition of a TESOL certificate to your course work.

Students who are seeking initial certification to teach secondary English in Missouri middle or high schools should explore other pathways to certification with the Director of English Education.

 

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