Online Master of Education in Middle Grades Education careers

What you’ll learn

With Brenau’s online Master of Education in Middle Grades Education program, you will gain competencies in the following areas:

• Content and curriculum: Brenau teachers consistently demonstrate a firm knowledge of the theories and methods of their chosen content area, ensuring a solid path to certification.
• Knowledge of students and their learning: The basis of teaching begins with an understanding of the learner. Brenau teachers are equipped to support all learners in the academic, social and emotional areas of child development.
• Learning environments: Brenau teachers create learning environments that encourage positive social interaction, active engagement in learning and self-motivation.
• Assessment: Brenau teachers understand how to align assessments with learning outcomes, ensuring students are continuously growing. Our teachers also understand how to design and implement assessments to use the data for true instructional purposes.
• Planning and instruction: The classroom is complex, with many learners who absorb information differently. Brenau teachers are adept at planning and delivering instruction for contemporary students and their needs.
• Professionalism: Our teachers are challenged to develop the skills and dispositions needed to become teachers who not only make a big impact on the lives of their students but elevate their educational environment. This contribution to the teaching profession is the very reason Brenau teachers are so successful.

Skills you’ll gain

• Advanced curriculum development
• Teaching practices for middle grades students
• Research methods for education
• Online teaching practices