Forty-four students started graduate work this month as the university welcomed its newest class into the Master of Education Program.
The new cohort represents 11 North Carolina school districts and 4 Latin American countries.
Students come from school systems in Alamance County, Davidson County, Gaston County, Guilford County, Orange County, Person County, Randolph County, Richmond County, Rockingham County, Wake County, Winston-Salem Forsyth County, Jamaica, Costa Rica, Mexico and Barbados.
Comprised of teachers from all grade levels, some new students have taught for as few as 2 years and as many as 18 years. The 7 international students are teaching in the United States for three years as part of the Visiting International Program, and they share with us their teaching experiences in their own countries.
The M.Ed. Summer Cohort program is a concentrated three-year program leading to the Master of Education degree. The program involves two sessions each summer for three years and one online course each fall and spring semester.
– Information provided by Jennifer Workman
Program Assistant
Department of Education & M. Ed. Program
Among the new cohort students, 18 are studying gifted education, 13 are studying elementary education, and 13 are studying special education. The class graduates in August 2011.