Adult and Graduate Studies
Master of Education
(Elementary K-6)
Where teaching is our passion
At Mars Hill College, we believe in the importance of teachers in our world. Our Education department recognizes that in preparing successful teachers in a changing world, certain sound principles about teaching—and about human curiosity, growth and motivation—endure. Our faculty has an understanding of teachers’ responsibility to teach to the heart and not just the mind. Our mission is to improve the education of students and their teachers. We carry out this mission by applying to the educational process all available knowledge about teaching and learning in the context of an increasingly diverse society and a rapidly changing global economy.
Program details:
Prospective students are recent education graduates who hold a teaching license or practicing teachers who wish to add the Master’s degree to their credentials.
Complete your degree in only six semesters:
The MHC program consists of 12, 3-credit hour courses, and one optional seminar for those students who wish to prepare for the National Board requirements while in the program. The Master of Education program includes professional studies courses, specialty courses, research courses, and a course in which students complete their culminating project. All students will complete a research project under the guidance of a faculty advisor. This inquiry project will address some aspect of education, approved by the advisor, and will be presented publically at the end of the program. In order to complete the project, all students must successfully complete the inquiry project and presentation
National Board Preparation (optional):
The optional National Board seminar is a unique aspect of our program as it folds this advanced preparation into the Master’s experience so that the student may apply for National Board Licensure shortly after program completion.
Plan around your schedule:
Knowing the class schedule for your entire degree in advance allows you to schedule your other responsibilites. Classes will be held in the evening on Tuesday and Thursday in the summer and back to back on Tuesday night during the Fall and Spring semesters.
Experience the benefits of a cohort learning model:
The program offers you the opportunity to benefit from:
• Mutual academic and emotional support for program success and timely completion, particularly relevant to working adult students;
• Camaraderie and collaborative learning with experienced colleagues;
• Lasting personal ties and professional networks that aid in career development, ongoing professional growth, and reform initiatives across schools and districts.
For Further Information contact: Samantha Fender, Director of Adult and Graduate Studies Admissions, sfender@mhc.edu, 828-689-1126
To download an application packet, click here. Application due April 30th, 2012.