Program Overview
Reach the next level and expand your horizon with a Master of Arts in Education. Designed for adult learners with either a bachelor’s degree or background in education, this fully accredited, affordable graduate degree is offered 100% online. Advance your career and skill set while maintaining balance in other areas of your life.
This master’s program is intended primarily for professional educators, including teachers, administrators, counselors, coaches, instructional coordinators, and leaders in educational policy. Students will study concepts, strategies, and best practices as they consider application techniques in their fields. In addition, York University offers several degree concentrations to receive coursework more specific to your particular area.
If you have questions about this Education Master's or would like to schedule an informational meeting, please contact our team at online@york.edu.
Curriculum and Instruction (Area of Concentration)
The primary objective of the Curriculum and Instruction program is to provide innovative training for educators responsible for developing and mapping curriculum, while becoming a more effective teacher through training in instructional strategies and best practices. Through an understanding of current issues in education and implementing technological learning tools within the classroom, educators will be equipped to be effective instructional leaders that can impact the learning of their students positively.
Educational Leadership (Area of Concentration)
Schools need excellent leaders, not only in the principalship but also in the classroom. This concentration is aligned with the NELP standards and has two pathways. The first is a non-licensure area of concentration in the Master of Arts in Education degree. While this pathway does not lead to state certification, it will provide an excellent study in areas school leaders must have in their toolbox: supervision, finance, and building teams. This route will be an excellent choice for any candidate not needing an administrative endorsement on a state license, but very interested in developing skills as a leader in an educational organization.
The second pathway leads to a building-level principal endorsement that will prepare candidates as a principal in Pre-K through 8th grade, 7th – 12th grade, or PreK-12 grade. This pathway meets the requirements for currently licensed teachers who aspire to be building principals, assistant principals, athletic directors, early childhood directors, or other leaders who will be evaluating and hiring school personnel. This route embeds the internship experience throughout the program, cumulates with a Capstone course, and is approved by the Nebraska Department of Education. Click here for more information specific to this pathway.
Social-Emotional Leadership (Area of Concentration)
One of the highest areas of need in society today is in the space of social and emotional awareness and leadership. Many schools and organizations are in high demand for qualified people to work with students, or employees, in areas of guidance and counseling. This concentration will provide educational or organizational leaders with strategies for effectively helping others manage emotions, set and achieve positive goals, show empathy for others, make positive decisions, or make responsible choices. Within the concentration, a student will study crisis intervention, organizational and human behavior, and social emotional intelligence.
Sports Administration (Area of Concentration)
Set yourself apart by being prepared to bring innovative and team leadership to sports-related enterprises. This concentration can equip you to meet the business, administration, coaching, and experiential challenges that come with building and maintaining a successful sports program and career. You will graduate with the knowledge, disciplines, and insights needed to navigate the sports industry. Graduates become leaders in a $900 billion global industry exploding with opportunities through mobile technology, interactive spectatorship, fantasy sports, and performance analytics opening the door for a new generation of sports professionals who are prepared to step in.
Program Goals
Our goals/outcomes for graduates of the Master of Arts in Education degree program:
- The graduate candidate will apply ethical principles in professional settings.
- The graduate candidate will evaluate multiple approaches in educational programs in a professional context and communicate effective change.
- The graduate candidate will use best practices to design, assess, and evaluate instruction, within the context of their educational setting.
- The graduate candidate will identify best practices in their teaching in an educational setting using effective learning strategies and assessments.
- The graduate candidate will differentiate appropriate ways to effectively interact and communicate in a professional context.
- The graduate candidate will apply best practices in their teaching and curriculum in a K12 educational setting regarding effective learning strategies and assessment.
- The graduate candidate will use best practices to design, collect, and evaluate an action research project, set within the context of their educational setting.
- The graduate candidate will analyze and design curriculum aligned to student learning outcomes within the context of their educational setting.
- The graduate candidate will analyze and gain understanding of the roles and responsibilities of school leaders as they relate to supervision within the educational setting.
- The graduate candidate will synthesize an understanding for development and instructional techniques which focus on Social and Emotional Learning.
- The graduate candidate will be able to effectively analyze the role and responsibilities of a sports administrator, understand models, and show an ability to implement their frameworks.