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MA, Curriculum & Instruction, with an emphasis in Elementary Linguistically Diverse Education

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Are you a licensed teacher seeking to enhance your skills and credentials for working with English language learners? Would you like to earn your Linguistically Diverse Education endorsement with the Colorado Department of Education? Welcome to the Linguistically Diverse Education program at CU Denver.

Course work includes language teaching methodology, language acquisition, linguistic analysis of English, multicultural foundations, assessment, literacy, and other areas. We have designed the program to be convenient for current teachers. For example, the clinical experience required for the degree can often be completed in your own school classroom.

Our faculty are top-notch. They help you to develop your skills and put you in touch with the latest theories, issues, and innovative teaching strategies. Courses, labs, and practica emphasize scholarly approaches to complex problems of practice and feature interactive, collaborative, and practical approaches to working with English language learners.

We emphasize a socio-cultural approach to issues of language and learning, acknowledging the legitimacy of linguistic and cultural differences, and recognizing that academic settings represent important socializing forces in students' lives. We emphasize the "whole learner" in our teaching and in teacher education, understanding that individuals do not merely add a language to their repertoire of communication but make fundamental identity adjustments as they progress in their studies.

For more information, select from the above tabs and/or contact the Student Services Center at education@ucdenver.edu or 303-315-6300.

We welcome applications from motivated licensed elementary and early childhood education teachers who have bachelor's degrees and access to working with English language learners. Detailed application requirements and materials are available.

If you have questions about admission requirements, contact the Student Services Center at education@ucdenver.edu or 303-315-6300.

Classes are scheduled to fit around your professional hours. During fall and spring semesters, most are conveniently offered in the late afternoon or evening. These classes usually meet three hours once a week over a 16-week semester. Some other fall and spring courses may be offered on weekends or online. During the summer, courses are generally offered on an intensive basis at a variety of times.

We recommend that working teachers take no more than one course per semester during the school year, and up to two courses in the summer. In general, you should not take more than two courses in any given semester in order to leave time to absorb, consider, apply, and reflect upon the materials.

You also complete an online portfolio as part of your degree requirements.

Master's degree requirements include the necessary course work for the K-12 Linguistically Diverse Education endorsement with CDE. If you already have a master's degree and now wish to earn the endorsement only, please select the Linguistically Diverse Education endorsement link on this page.

For more information on program requirements, contact the Student Services Center at education@ucdenver.edu or 303-315-6300.

The TEACH club is a student organization on the UC Denver campus that welcomes all students, both at the undergraduate and graduate level, who are interested in becoming educators. The club provides opportunities to build friendships with other future educators who will soon be your colleagues, explore topics of interest to future teachers, engage in service projects with children and youth, and to network with K-12 and university faculty who care deeply about the future of teaching!

For more information, please contact John McDermott, faculty sponsor at john.mcdermott@ucdenver.edu

Graduates of this program go on to become:
Classroom teachers with enhanced credentials and skills
Program coordinators
Instructional and curriculum specialists

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