Professional Development Concentration

The Professional Development Concentration offers teachers an opportunity to explore, create, and collaborate in a professional learning community. Students work from their own experiences and in collaboration with Antioch faculty to define, develop and achieve their professional goals.

This Concentration emphasizes the importance of integrating theory with practice and respects teachers as independent, self-directed learners. This program explores the implications of current learning theory, the impact of contemporary social and political events, and the role of the teacher as curriculum designer. Each student identifies an area of interest for in-depth study in a master's project.

Students in the Professional Development Concentration represent a great variety of people who are engaged in the vital role of teaching. They include PreK-12th grade teachers, artists, musicians, nurses, consultants, environmental and adult educators. They are professionals who have made a commitment to teaching and learning, who seek to expand their knowledge, who know the power of working together, and who value the opportunity of life-long learning.

Core Requirements

Learning Theory
Social & Political Issues
Curriculum Theory & Application
Teacher Leadership
Philosophy of Education
School Change
Action Research
Data Collection & Analysis
Master's Project

Electives

Digital Imaging for the Classroom
Social Inclusion: Teasing, Bullying, and Peer Abuse
Setting Up a Naturalist's Journal
Recrafting Curriculum Using Problem-Based Learning
Technology in the Classroom: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
Backyard Weather Predicting
Creative Bookbinding
Assessment: A Focus on Learning
Image-Making within the Writing Process
Behind the Label: A Deeper Look at Diagnosis and Toxic Stress in the Lives of Children
The Cemetery Quest: Using Burial Grounds as Educational Resources
Teacher Created Web Pages that Support Instruction
Folk Arts of Early America and the British Isles for the Classroom

Degree Requirements

Last Updated: 5/7/09