Masters Degree Courses: Schedule
Our convenient courses will fit your schedule!
Courses are 42 total hours of instructional time with 30 hours in person and 12 hours of online work with instructors throughout the duration of the course. For course descriptions simply click on the course name or visit our course catalog. 10 days prior to the course you will receive a Welcome email with directions and any other instructions for the course. If you have any questions about our scheduling please feel free to contact us at info@thomstecher.com.
Registration for courses closes 5 days before the first day of class or if the course is filled.
Fall Mini Term 1- August 26 – October 20, 2024
EDUC 537 - Increasing Student Engagement: The Heart and Soul of a Successful Classroom
- Tuition of $1,800.00 will be paid on Neumann's website via MyNU E-bill. If you are a current Masters degree student, click here to register.
- Dates: Fall Mini Term 1- August 26th – October 20th, MANDATORY IN-PERSON MEETING DATES- 9/8, 9/22, 9/29, 10/20 - 8am to 4:30pm
- Professors: Mark Eisenhuth and Chris Palochak
- Location: Franklin Commons, Phoenixville, PA
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This course is designed to have participants experience and develop strategies for improving student engagement in their classrooms. Particular emphasis will be placed on activities and strategies for developing, maintaining and increasing student engagement and ultimately student achievement. We will examine and adopt a set of total participation techniques and movement activities for the classroom. We will share our individual expertise, explore current research and draw upon our collective experiences and talents to build a collection of strategies that will ensure increased student engagement in your classroom. You will leave this class with a repertoire of strategies that can be used in your classroom at 7:30 AM on Monday morning.
EDUC 505 - Culturally Responsive Teaching (Required Course)
- Tuition of $1,800.00 will be paid on Neumann's website via MyNU E-bill. If you are a current Masters degree student, click here to register.
- Dates: Fall Mini Term 1- August 26th – October 20th, MANDATORY IN-PERSON MEETING DATES- 9/15, 9/21, 10/5, 10/12 - 8am to 4:30pm
- Professors: Deb Moore and Dawn Mader
- Location: Franklin Commons, Phoenixville, PA
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This course will include providing students with a framework for becoming culturally responsive teachers. An assortment of topics that reflects cultural diversity in education, including a historical overview of programs for students from linguistically and culturally diverse backgrounds, contemporary multicultural and bilingual education, and education for social justice and equity are addressed. This course, through the use of varied literature, relating to issues of diversity will focus on strategies that will ensure all students are achieving their fullest potential. Gaining insights into the interconnection between the diversity of students and the process of teaching will be critical to your continued success as a teacher in the 21st-century classroom.
Fall Mini Term 2- October 21 – December 8, 2024
EDUC 583 - Character Education: Social and Emotional Learning
- Tuition of $1,800.00 will be paid on Neumann's website via MyNU E-bill. If you are a current Masters degree student, click here to register.
- Dates: Fall Mini Term 2- October 21st – December 8th, MANDATORY IN-PERSON MEETING DATES - 10/26, 11/9, 11/23, 12/7 - 8am to 4:30pm
- Professors: Thom Stecher
- Location: Franklin Commons, Phoenixville, PA
This course is designed to help teachers develop students of character using classic pieces of literature, research in social and emotional learning, and character education. Through in-depth mental, emotional, physical, social and spiritual study, we will examine the pillars of character education and the great teachers of human history. We will practice and discuss the lessons the wisest of our ancestral scholars have to teach us today. We will read, experience and reflect on the writings (prose, poetry, plays) of some of the greatest hearts and minds of the past centuries. Participants will be asked to be self reflective and involved in all experiential learning.
EDUC 506 - School Policy and Law (Required course)
- Tuition of $1,800.00 will be paid on Neumann's website via MyNU E-bill. If you are a current Masters degree student, click here to register.
- Dates: Fall Mini Term 2- October 21st – December 8th, MANDATORY IN-PERSON MEETING DATES - 10/27, 11/3, 11/16, 11/24 - 8am to 4:30pm
- Professors: Amy Mangano and David Lieberman
- Location: Franklin Commons, Phoenixville, PA
In this course, the philosophical bases and legal structures of educational policymaking are studied. Students, as educators, develop their own philosophies of education and examine the underlying philosophical assumptions of major educational policies and practices. The course also prepares teachers to understand the legal structures that determine educational policies and how issues of equity affect the implementation of those policies. This level of understanding is necessary in order for teachers to be knowledgeable and active decision-makers in their own classrooms, schools, and communities.
EDUC 529 - Behavioral and Mental Health Literacy/Intervening to Promote Positive Outcomes in our PK-12 Students (Social, Emotional, and Behavioral Wellness Endorsement course)
- Tuition of $1,800.00 will be paid on Neumann's website via MyNU E-bill. If you are a current Masters degree student, click here to register.
- Dates: Fall Mini Term 2- October 21st – December 8th, MANDATORY IN-PERSON MEETING DATES - 11/2, 11/10, 11/17, 12/8 - 8am to 4:30pm
- Professors: Vicki Morgan
- Location: Franklin Commons, Phoenixville, PA
The purpose of this course is to enhance the behavioral and mental health literacy of those who support Pre-K through 12th Grade students. Focus will be placed upon common mental health disorders affecting school-age children, such as: attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), oppositional defiance disorder (ODD), anxiety disorders, substance use disorders, eating disorders, depression, and other mood disorders. Learners will take a deep look at the needs of the abused child, the grieving child, suicidal students, and those who engage in non-suicidal self-injurious behaviors from the perspective of prevention, intervention, and ongoing support. Learners will closely examine their views and experiences regarding behavioral and mental health, define strategies, and develop tools to create a climate of acceptance, understanding, and change for our youth who are dealing with behavioral and mental health concerns.