Graduate Programs for Currently Practicing Teachers
The mission of the PASE program flows from a single perspective - developing a high level of professionalism among currently practicing teachers where professionalism includes:
- The ability to effectively navigate difficult and ambiguous practical classroom situations from the perspective of deep theoretical and ethical insight;
- A commitment to skillful leadership in the alignment of educational principles, organizational processes and personal values and behaviors for the benefit of students; and
- Critical, reasoned and reflective engagement and dialogue with other educational professionals on current important issues.
The PASE program seeks to accomplish this by partnering and working closely with the schools and districts where teachers work to insure that both the content of the courses and the experiences of PASE students are of the highest quality.
In order to participate in any of the program areas, potential students must be currently employed as a teacher and have a current teaching certificate/license.
Program Highlights- Entire program is conducted in or near your school
- One evening per week, from 4:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m., same night of the week for the entire program
- Finish one course every eight weeks
- Winter and summer breaks
- Culminating project (e.g., an action research project) is required
- An undergraduate 3.0 GPA is required, if GPA is below 3.0, GRE is required
- Tuition has been reduced for area teachers and is guaranteed throughout the program
- Financial aid, student and Stafford loans and 'pay as you go' plans are available
- Student loan repayments may be deferred until program completion
- Federal Title One Teachers may apply for the loan forgiveness program
