Master’s Degree in Elementary Education
Make a positive difference as a classroom leader
Becoming an educator is more than a career, it’s a calling. In UB’s Elementary Education program, you’ll become a versatile educator equipped with the necessary skills to teach a diverse range of students and subjects. Our program will provide you with the foundation that you need to prepare children for future success. Fulfill your purpose and make a difference in your community by earning your master’s in Elementary Education.
What is Elementary Education?
Elementary educators empower young minds through accessible and engaging instruction grounded in interdisciplinary learning. You’ll teach elementary-aged students the knowledge and skills to cultivate literacy, numeracy, and soft skills like critical thinking. As an elementary teacher you’ll work in kindergarten through grade six — helping your students develop skills for success in an increasingly interconnected world.
Why study Elementary Education?
Studying elementary education allows you to make a lasting impact — with each day bringing a chance to shape the future generation. You’ll ignite a love of learning in young minds, fostering their curiosity and social-emotional development while inspiring them to become lifelong learners. Our program is designed to equip you with the knowledge, skills, and confidence you need to succeed in your career. You’ll gain the expertise to tackle the edTPA portfolio assessment and Praxis II exam, paving the way for your state teaching certification.
Elementary Education is one of the most popular certification programs in the School of Education, offering the courses and classroom experience you need to successfully teach in elementary classrooms. As a student in the Elementary Education master’s program, you will gain extensive knowledge about teaching elementary subjects including literacy, mathematics, social studies, and science.
Benefit from tuition-paid internship opportunities
The Elementary Education degree at UB gives you the opportunity to put these skills to work through our tuition-paid internship or hands-on field experience. We work with more than 60 districts throughout Connecticut and New York to provide you with practical experiences in a local school. The master’s in Elementary Education is offered at our main Bridgeport campus, as well as the Waterbury Center location, so you can earn your elementary education master’s degree in CT at the location closest to you.
By completing this internship, you can save over $25,000 in tuition money — all while earning relevant, day-to-day experience working in a school. Interns will complete their degree over the course of one school year, taking classes 2-3 evenings per week. 33 credits of master’s level coursework must be completed during the two-semester internship.
Master’s in Elementary Education learning outcomes
Elementary Education master’s candidates will be prepared to:
- Plan lessons and units according to state and national guidelines
- Exhibit appropriate content knowledge of mathematics, language art, social studies, and science commiserate with Praxis II Exam for elementary school teachers
- Demonstrate thorough background in concepts of reading and ability to teach reading and evaluate student performance in reading.
- Pass Praxis II exam for elementary school teachers
- Pass CT Reading Assessment exam
- Pass the edTPA performance assessment
- Exhibit high leverage teaching practices
- Differentiate curriculum for various special needs students
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Sign up for a free TEACH Connecticut account to apply to scholarships for our program:
- Sign up for a TEACH Connecticut account.
- Submit a UB application.
- Complete the application form and provide proof of your application by the deadline for the scholarship you want.
- Once all of these steps are complete, you’ll be entered to win a scholarship to help cover the cost of your tuition.
UB’s MS in Elementary Education definitely prepared me for my career as a teacher. Through my coursework I had the opportunity to have hands-on classroom experience as well as learn collaboratively with my cohort. I learned about different classroom management techniques, various reading and math assessments, as well as created lesson plans through my program that I am still using in my own classroom today.
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Find additional information about the Elementary Education MS degree in the academic catalog.