Master's in Secondary Education Online Degree

Designed for licensed teachers, AIU’s advanced degree in Secondary Education is designed to help educators enhance the classroom experience, as well as prepare to pursue leadership roles within the secondary education field . With a Master of Education in Secondary Education, teachers can study up-to-date methods of instruction and assessment and work to build a deeper understanding of how to develop classroom strategies that are better targeted to today’s secondary-age students.

For a Master's in Secondary Education Online Degree, your classes may include:

The Development of the Secondary Student

The candidate will study how to relate to secondary school students and facilitate their education as they grow and mature through the secondary school years.

The Diverse Secondary Classroom

The course is designed to guide candidates to effective application of learner diversity in creating and carrying out education in the secondary class.

Data Applications for Secondary Educators

In this course, candidates will study how to identify and use appropriate data for planning and conducting effective secondary instruction.

Managing the Secondary Learning Environment

Candidates will study methods for time, technology and resource management as they plan for the conduct and administration of secondary school classes.

The Education Leader

The candidate will have the opportunity to work to develop a concept of professional behavior and performance appropriate to teachers through an in-depth study of contemporary leadership issues and leadership theories.

Legal, Regulatory, Educational Standards and Ethics

The candidate will have the opportunity to recognize and distinguish among events and issues in education that may call for different actions based on the educator's understanding of legal and regulatory guidelines.

Research Resources for the Classroom

This course will examine ways and means to augment learning and teaching resources in the classroom through effective use of both monetary and non-monetary resources.

Educational Specialty Capstone

The candidate will summarize studies in elementary or secondary education, and demonstrate competency in the specialization requirements.

The Master of Education Program at American InterContinental University is awarded accreditation through TEAC Quality Principles by the Inquiry Brief Commission of the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) from October 2015 – April 26, 2019.

The accreditation does not include individual education courses that the EPP offers to P-12 educators for professional development, relicensure, or other purposes.