FEATURED PROGRAM: MASTER OF EDUCATION IN LITERACY EDUCATION
- Available in an easily accessible 100% online format from UTEP’s College of Education
- Prepares teachers, instructional coaches and other professionals to become specialists and leaders in K-12 literacy education
- Provides coursework that prepares students for the Texas Reading Specialist (#151) certification
- Aligns with national standards and employs a cutting-edge approach to literacy research and literacy education
- Provides students with personalized attention and opportunities to build relationships with faculty who are top-notch researchers
THIS DEGREE IS IDEAL FOR
- Teachers who would like an advanced degree to deepen their knowledge of literacy with linguistically diverse learners
- Teachers who would like to take on leadership roles in their campuses/districts
- Community-based educators and adult educators who apply specialized knowledge of literacy in classroom settings in schools and communities across the lifespan
TYPICAL JOBS HELD BY GRADUATES
- Teacher or Community-based Educator
- Reading Specialist
- Literacy or Instructional Coach
- Curriculum Developer
- Publishing Consultant
- Community College Instructor
- Adjunct Faculty
UTEP EDGE AND LITERACY EDUCATION
Our student success initiative, the UTEP Edge, develops upon students’ assets through a variety of high-impact experiences. These experiences are designed to improve student skills and give UTEP students a competitive advantage as they move forward in their lives and careers.
Our goal as a campus is to provide these UTEP Edge experiences to all students, regardless of their area of study, so they will graduate with a competitive advantage over their peers.
These are the Edge experiences Defense and Strategic Studies students will have and the Edge skills they will graduate with:
EDGE EXPERIENCES
- Capstone Experiences
- Community Engagement
- Research and Scholarly Activities
- Learning Communities
- Creative Activities
- Online Experiences
EDGE SKILLS
- Communication
- Global Awareness
- Leadership
- Problem Solving
- Entrepreneurship
- Social Responsibility
- Critical Thinking
- Confidence
- Teamwork
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: SONIA MADRID
Sonia Madrid's family migrated to El Paso from Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico, when she was in elementary school. She graduated from Del Valle High School in 1995 and earned a Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies in Bilingual Education in 2000 from UTEP.
Sonia felt a need to learn about literacy development from her own experience in different ways of developing literacy in English Language Learners (ELLs) and native English speakers. She has worked as a teacher in both monolingual and bilingual settings for twelve years.
"It has been amazing to see how dedicated and knowledgeable the professors in the program are with the students. My questions are always addressed and there is always someone in the program or University willing to help and available. Online learning is allowing me to finish [my degree] after 20 years."
FACULTY SPOTLIGHT: DR. SARAH JEAN JOHNSON
Assistant Professor, M.Ed. in Literacy Education
Dr. Sarah Johnson came to UTEP in 2018 after completing her doctorate in education at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She had previously taught courses in graduate research methods as a lecturer at UCLA and did postdoctoral research at the University of Southern California.
Dr. Johnson studies the interactional microprocesses involved in language and literacy learning while also accounting for the larger social and historical contexts. The El Paso region has offered an exciting new transnational and multilingual setting for her to do this research. With a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, she is currently studying culturally sustaining pedagogical practices in community arts programs at the border.
"To maximize one’s learning, an online student should be invested and passionate in learning and not simply be focused on obtaining the qualification or degree."
FROM THE BLOG
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