Prospective Students:  Education Division

Welcome to Penn State Great Valley's Education Division . . .

. . . where teaching and training professionals advance their careers through master's degrees, state certification, certificate programs, and Act 48 credit in programs approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Education and the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).

We develop leaders in education and training.

It's easy to start our programs.  Up to 9 hours of credit taken before formally applying to a graduate program will count toward your degree.  So you can start with a course, then perhaps decide to finish a certificate in your field, and build toward a master's degree.  When you read about our programs below, be sure to look at the options on our admissions pages.

Here are the great choices in our programs: 

Master's Degrees

• M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction, with choices of specialization in

• Children's Literature - Top ranking by Instructor Magazine!
• Instructional Leadership
• Literacy
• Science Education

• M.Ed. in Instructional Systems, Training Design and  Development (TD&D) emphasis for corporations
• M.Ed. in Instructional Systems, Leadership in Technology Integration (LITI) emphasis for educators
  
• Combined M.Ed. in Special Education and Instructional I Teacher Certification
• M.Ed. in Special Education
• M.S. in Special Education

Pennsylvania Department of Education (PDE) State Certification

• Curriculum and Instruction:  Reading Specialist Certification
• Educational Leadership: Principal Certification (Administrative Level I)
• Special Education:  Instructional I Teacher Certification in Special Education
• Special Education:  Supervisory I Certification in Special Education

Certificate Programs

• Collaborative Mentorship and Coaching
• Differentiated Instruction in General Education Classrooms
• Instructional Design for E-Learning - NEW! 
• Leadership in Elementary Science Teaching
• Literacy Strategies Across Content and Culture
• Workplace Learning and Performance Improvement Design

We look forward to meeting you!

CONTACT INFORMATION

gveduc@psu.edu
610-648-3312

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Information Sessions

Special Events

Education Faculty

Featured Course

SPLED 401 Motivating Exceptional Learners

Sept. 3 - Dec. 10

 Classrooms for the Future Conference
Thursday, October 30, 2008