Master of Education [M.Ed] [Education] From Sweet Briar College

Why pursue your M.Ed. at Sweet Briar?

• Our program continues to build the necessary knowledge and skills to differentiate curriculum and instruction effectively in today’s diverse classrooms.
• Full or part-time plans of study are individually designed to fit the candidate’s time and professional teaching commitments.
• Courses are offered in late afternoons and evenings to accommodate teaching responsibilities.
• Collaboration and mentorships with M.A.T. candidates and a small faculty-to-student ratio enrich and personalize each student’s experience.
• Our field research project allows candidates to identify an area of interest, need or growth in order to develop an action research proposal, conduct research in their own classrooms, and present the results in a thesis.
• M.Ed. candidates are paired with teachers in local public schools to collaborate on curriculum and instruction design, gather observational data to determine the visibility of learning, and use this data and research-based principles of coaching to assess the effectiveness of their design.
• Expert teachers use assessment results to design high quality, differentiated curriculum and instruction. This defines principles and strategies of assessment and responsive teaching in order to effectively match curriculum and instruction with the ongoing needs of learners. Rubrics, quality indicators and performance criteria will be used to assess the effects of teaching as well as learning.