Forty-four students started graduate work this month as the university welcomed its newest class into the Master of Education Program.
The new cohort represents 11 North Carolina school districts and 4 Latin American countries.
¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ come from school systems in Alamance County, Davidson County, Gaston County, Guilford County, Orange County, Person County, Randolph County, Richmond County, Rockingham County, Wake County, Winston-Salem Forsyth County, Jamaica, Costa Rica, Mexico and Barbados.
Comprised of teachers from all grade levels, some new students have taught for as few as 2 years and as many as 18 years. The 7 international students are ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ in the United States for three years as part of the Visiting International Program, and they share with us their ¾Ã¾ÃÈÈ experiences in their own countries.
The M.Ed. Summer Cohort program is a concentrated three-year program leading to the Master of Education degree. The program involves two sessions each summer for three years and one online course each fall and spring semester.
– Information provided by Jennifer Workman
Program Assistant
Department of Education & M. Ed. Program
Among the new cohort students, 18 are studying gifted education, 13 are studying elementary education, and 13 are studying special education. The class graduates in August 2011.