Want to Expand Your Horizons???

As education moves more towards personalizing and working with more diverse learners, it is time to consider your own personal learning and preparation.  Have you ever wanted more learning and experiences in the following areas:
-Best practices in merging and blending Special Education and General Education
-Best practices in working with Special Education or RTI students
-Best practices in working with English as a Second Language students
-Best practices in learning with technology infusion
-Best practices in working with parents
-Working with Special Education and EL process and paperwork

The best part is you can experience all this while getting a Masters in Curriculum and Instruction and obtaining a LBSI 1 and EL Endorsement.  (And it's in your own backyard....or even held on Kaneland campus!)

This is the first and only Masters Degree in the state that provides you a degree with 2 endorsements!
If you have an interest in looking into a cohort for this Masters here at Kaneland, please email Sarah Mumm.  Cohorts in our area are starting this Fall.

Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction:  Teaching Diverse Learners

Aurora University is the first and only institution in the state to offer the Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction: Teaching Diverse Learners degree. The program will prepare teachers to support students with varied academic and language needs. This two-year program (13 classes) allows you to earn:
A Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction
An English as a Second Language (ESL) endorsement
A Learning Behavior Specialist 1 (LBS1) endorsement

The coursework is designed to improve your instructional strategies and behavior management techniques for students in diverse populations. Earning these endorsements will enhance your ability to effectively communicate with students and their parents, as well as prepare you to be an integral member of the student services support team in your school and/or district.
Note:  Aurora University’s MACI program is pre-approved by ISBE.
Degree Requirements:
The Master of Arts in Curriculum Instruction: Teaching Diverse Learners includes 36 semester hours of coursework. The program is designed with field experiences embedded into every course to meet all
degree and endorsement requirements.

Required Core Curriculum: 36 semester hours
SPED 6515:  Characteristics and Identification of Disabilities and the Law for Diverse           Populations (3) §
EDU 6115: Foundations for Language Minority Education of Diverse Learners (3)*
SPED 6525:  Cognitive Development and Disabilities of Diverse Learners (2)
SPED 6565:  Strategies and Assistive Technology for Students with Multiple Disabilities and Diverse Learners (2)
EDU/SPED 6501: Assessment of Diverse Learners:  Special Education and ESL (4) §
EDU 6125: Linguistics for Teaching Diverse Populations (3)*
EDU 6200: Cross Cultural Curriculum for Diversity (3)
EDU 6630:  Curriculum Development and Evaluation (3)
SPED 6555: Prosocial and Problematic Strategies for Diverse Learners (3)
EDU 6221:  Methods and Materials for Teaching Diverse Learners (3)*
EDU 6071:  Introduction to Action Research (2)
EDU 6061: Scholarship Applied to Teaching (2)
EDU/SPED 6545: Collaboration, Differentiation, Instruction, and Transition for Diverse Learners (3)
* blended learning §16-week course

Program Admission Requirements:  Candidates of the MACI: Teaching Diverse Learners program must hold a current Professional Educator License (PEL) and be currently employed as a full-time classroom teacher.

Applicants seeking to enter the program must submit:

• A completed graduate application for admission (aurora.edu/apply)
• Transcripts (official, sealed in envelope) from all degrees earned: undergraduate degree indicating a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher or a graduate degree indicating a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher, both based on a 4.0 scale. Aurora University accepts official electronic transcripts at 
• AU-ETranscripts@aurora.edu
• A recommendation from your current supervising administrator verifying contractual employment and attesting to your academic and professional potential
• A personal statement (approximately one page in length) of past professional experience and future educational goals
• A current resume