Elementary Education (MAE)

Program highlights

• Designed for PK–6 elementary classroom teachers with licensure in the field of elementary education
• Offered entirely online in cooperation with UNI Continuing Education and the UNI Department of Curriculum and Instruction. Courses in the program are offered using eLearning, a Blackboard learning management system requiring Internet access and a web browser. While most students encounter very few technical difficulties with our online courses, our team of support specialists is available to assist you as needed.
• Delivered using Quality Matters professional standards for online teaching and learning
• Includes courses addressing curriculum issues, technology, literacy, mathematics, science, social studies and action research
• Delivered on a cohort basis beginning every other fall and completed in five consecutive semesters (fall, spring, summer, fall, spring; six hours of credit each semester)
• Aligned with the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards

Take the first step

Please note: To be placed on our mailing list for future cohorts, please complete our online interest form. We will send application and enrollment details as they become available.

View the four steps to admission

For more information

Express your interest in joining the next cohort

Read detailed program information from the Department of Curriculum & Instruction, including program goals and professional competencies.

Read the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

View the tentative sequence of courses for the Fall 2011 cohort

Enrollment, cohort information

Rita Luken, UNI Continuing Education
Phone: 800-772-1746 or 319-273-2504
E-mail: ContinuingEd@uni.edu

Faculty coordinator

Sarah Montgomery, Asst Professor
UNI Curriculum & Instruction
E-mail: sarah.montgomery@uni.edu