Education Specialist (EdS) in Learning, Instruction, and Innovation

Learning Outcomes

All EdS graduates will be prepared to:

1. Apply discipline-specific knowledge to address issues in educational settings.
2. Apply evidence-based practices to address a problem within the academic and/or work environment and propose a solution.
3. Communicate information to a variety of stakeholders using oral and written formats.
4. Practice ethically as a professional in the field of education.
5. Collaborate with diverse stakeholders to promote continuous improvement in educational settings.
6. Advocate for social change to make a positive impact in educational settings.

In addition to the shared EdS outcomes above, Learning, Instruction, and Innovation graduates will be prepared to:

1. Create innovative instruction, curriculum, and assessment grounded in theory and previous research.
2. Create innovative solutions to learning challenges.
3. Collaborate with a variety of stakeholders.
4. Analyze instructional needs to develop innovative intervention plans for learning.
5. Evaluate problems and issues in learning, instruction, and innovation.
6. Ground decisions based on research in learning, instruction, and innovation.
7. Participate in the profession ethically.
8. Support global diversity and multiculturalism through the use of innovative curriculum and assessment in designing instruction.
9. Utilize research to create innovative instruction, curriculum, and assessment to effect social change in the workplace.

Degree Requirements

• 45 total quarter credits
• Foundation course (5 cr.)
• Research course (5 cr.)
• Specialization courses (30 cr.)
• EdS Capstone Project (5 cr.)
• ePortfolio

Curriculum (45 total cr.)

Course Sequence

The recommended course sequence is as follows:

Note on Educator Licensure or Certification

This program does not lead to educator licensure or certification. Educators are advised to contact their individual school districts as to whether this program may qualify for salary advancement.