Master of Education

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Adult Learning (15 Credits)

This five-course sequence provides students with an understanding of adults as learners. Through the certificate program, students will be prepared to effectively facilitate personal growth and development that impacts the professional, social, and political aspects of adult learners in a range of collaborative, formal, and informal educational settings.

Community and Civic Engagement (15 Credits)

This five-course sequence focuses on civic studies, which sees the citizen as a “creative agent,” who through public work, engages with others to promote civic renewal in communities. Important strands of study include managing common resources and assets; deliberative democracy; public work and the study of public participation in development; and incorporating social science ideas as practical wisdom that lays the foundation for real solutions to community problems.

EDU 601 - Foundations of Research 3 Hour(s)
EDU 602 - Engaging in Research 3 Hour(s)
EDU 689 - Foundations of Community and Equity 3 Hour(s)
EDU 690 - Civic Engagement 3 Hour(s)
EDU 697 - Leadership and Advocacy 3 Hour(s)

Curriculum and Instruction Emphases

Students choose two content strands:

Reading Teacher Program (Wisconsin Reading Teacher License #1316)

Students pursuing the Reading Teacher #1316 license must have an initial Wisconsin teaching license and two years of full-time teaching experience. Students seeking the #1316 license must earn a grade of B or higher in each reading course and must have an overall minimum reading course grade point average of 3.00. A portfolio demonstrating proficiency in InTASC Model Core Teaching Standards and International Literacy Association standards is required prior to licensure. Candidates not already holding a professional educator license may be required to successfully complete the Foundations of Reading Test with a score of 240 or above.

EDU 674 - Literacy in the Secondary School Content Areas 3 Hour(s)
EDU 676 - Literacy in the Middle Childhood Grades 3 Hour(s)
EDU 675 - Emergent Literacy 3 Hour(s)
EDU 677 - Issues in Children’s and Adolescent Literature 3 Hour(s)
EDU 678 - Reading Assessment in the K-12 Classroom 3 Hour(s)

Literacy Leadership (#5017)

Candidates seeking endorsement for the Wisconsin Reading Specialist (#5017) license must hold a Reading Teacher (#1316) license. Candidates not already holding a professional educator license may be required to successfully complete (or provide evidence of completion) the Foundations of Reading Test with a score of 240 or above. Candidates must hold a Master degree or be enrolled as a degree seeking student for this licensure program.

EDU 672 - Literacy Program Evaluation and Implementation 3 Hour(s)
EDU 673 - Leadership in Literacy 3 Hour(s)
EDU 679 - Literacy Leadership Practicum 3 Hour(s)

K-12 Writing Certificate

Teachers from all disciplines and grade levels will develop the ability to teach writing more effectively. A mix of online and face-to-face courses, workshops, and practicum balance research and theory with practice, preparing certified teachers to nurture engaged and proficient writers.

EDU 620 - The Writing Process - Theory and Practice: Using Technology to Enhance the Writing Process 2 Hour(s)
EDU 621 - Writing Across the Curriculum: Leadership Institute 3 Hour(s)
EDU 622 - Writing Project Practicum 3 Hour(s)
EDU 623 - The Zen of Collegial Studies 1 Hour(s)
EDU 625 - Teaching the Writing Process 3 Hour(s)
EDU 626 - Teacher as Writer-Facilitating Better Student Writing 3 Hour(s)

Elementary Mathematics Certificate

Elementary Mathematics Certificate candidates at Carroll University develop an in-depth understanding of mathematics content, processes, and pedagogy appropriate for grades P-5. They engage in professional learning communities and develop leadership skills to support and facilitate effective mathematics instruction and professional growth in their schools and districts.

Advanced Studies in Personalized Learning Certificate

The Advanced Studies in Personalized Learning Certificate prepares exemplary learning specialists who embrace personalized learning as transformative practice, resulting in increased student agency and deeper learning. The Advanced Studies in Personalized Learning Certificate is a 15-credit program composed of 5 three-credit graduate education courses.

EDU 692 - Learners and Learning in a Personalized Environment 3 Hour(s)
EDU 693 - Educators as Agents of Change 3 Hour(s)
EDU 694 - Facilitating in a Personalized Learning Environment 3 Hour(s)
EDU 695 - Evaluating Personalized Learning 3 Hour(s)
EDU 696 - Collaborating in a Personalized Environment 3 Hour(s)

License and Certification Programs

The following programs can be taken for licensing or certification only.

The Wisconsin Reading Teacher License (#316) Program

Graduate students who have an initial Wisconsin teaching license and two years of full-time teaching experience can qualify for an additional license as K-12 Reading Teachers by completing Carroll’s Reading Teacher sequence. EDU 674 , EDU 675 , EDU 676 , EDU 677 , and EDU 678 compose the graduate level requirements for the #1316 license. Students seeking the #1316 license must earn a grade of B or higher in each reading course and must have an overall minimum reading course grade point average of 3.00.

The Wisconsin Alternative Education Certification

A set of four courses provides the competencies teachers need to qualify for the Alternative Education License Certificate (#952). Effective July 1, 1996, this early adolescent certification is required by the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction for all teachers who teach students in nontraditional environments. The four courses, EDU 653 , EDU 655 , EDU 657 ;and EDU 683 , may be taken without enrollment in the M.Ed. program, or they may count toward degree completion in the C & I emphasis.

Wisconsin Adaptive Education License

This five course sequence, combined with a field placement, will enable credentialed teachers to earn the #859 license at the graduate level. The coursework enables teachers to work effectively with special education students who are mainstreamed or integrated into their classrooms. Students enrolled in the certification sequence will maintain a portfolio that will include selected information from each course, demonstrating how the competencies they are acquiring are applied to their particular educational contexts. A course in the education of the exceptional child is a prerequisite. Courses can be combined with the M.Ed. program in the contemporary curriculum issues strand or taken for licensure only.

The courses are

EDU 660 - Strategies for Diagnostic Assessment 3 Hour(s)
EDU 661 - Language Development/Disorders of the Exceptional Child 3 Hour(s)
EDU 662 - Instructional Strategies for Students with Special Needs 3 Hour(s)
EDU 663 - Serving Students Beyond the Classroom 3 Hour(s)
EDU 664 - Field Experience in Adaptive Education 1 Hour(s)

Health Education

Initial educators who wish to extend their Wisconsin license certification may complete course work in Health Education to add the 910 Health Education License. Requirements include undergraduate courses BIO130, BIO140, HSC101, in addition to HED 650 , HED 651 , HED 652 , HED 661 , and EDU 683 . Successful completion of the Praxis II content test and portfolio/practicum in Health Education is required for additional licensure.