MEd in Elementary Education with Teacher Licensure

Become the teacher you’ve always wanted to be.

Develop your teaching skills in just 13 months through dynamic, collaborative, interactive coursework, and two internships. By learning how to engage students through hands-on education and experiential learning methods, including developmentally appropriate teaching, thematically focused pedagogy, integrated curriculum, and place-based learning, you’ll promote student success and achievement like never before.

This degree is offered by AU New England.

Program Overview

Join a vibrant group of faculty and students dedicated to creating inclusive classrooms that celebrate childhood and learning through books, play, art, music and time in the natural world.  Develop your teaching skills in our dynamic, hands-on classes and through two student teaching placements.

If you have already earned an undergraduate degree, this program allows you to complete a master’s of education (MEd) graduate degree and gain initial teacher licensure for the following:

• Elementary Elementary Education Licensure
• Dual Elementary/Early Childhood Education Licensure
• Dual Elementary/Special Education Licensure

Applying for the Special Education Licensure program? $10,000 Scholarship Opportunity

The Teri Young Memorial Scholarship supports individuals who have already demonstrated dedication to the field of education by serving as paraprofessionals in schools.

Teri Young, a passionate teacher and educational leader in New York City and Vermont, was the founding director of AUNE’s unique dual certification program in elementary and special education. Teri had a particular passion for supporting inclusion by helping teachers feel fully prepared to work with all students in the regular classroom setting. To help fulfill Teri’s vision, Antioch University has created this scholarship. Applicants must be new students entering the MEd in Elementary Education program with a specialization in Dual Elementary/Special Education licensure. Priority will be given to working paraprofessionals seeking dual Elementary/Special Education licensure on the basis of demonstrated financial need. Five scholarships will be awarded per academic year of $10,000 each. $2,500 will be awarded for each of the program’s sequence four terms.

Apply for the degree program, and then let us know you are interested in the scholarship here!

Interstate teacher certification agreement means you can be certified to teach in other states

Our certification programs meet the requirements for New Hampshire Teacher Certification. Plus, New Hampshire participates in the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification (NASDTEC) Interstate Agreement, established to encourage cooperation and facilitate mobility and licensing between states. Great news if you want to teach in another state!

10% discount for three or more students from the same school or district. Scholarships available. Contact Dana Kedziora at [email protected] for more information.

Licensure Guidelines and Protocols

• Graduates of Antioch University New England’s education programs with a NH State Licensure Pathway who have met professional standards and completed NH state licensure requirements by their graduation date will be automatically recommended by AUNE for NH State Licensure.
• NH State law stipulates that the AUNE recommendation shall remain valid with the state for no more than 3 years from the date of the recommendation by the institution.
• Graduates who have not completed AUNE’s licensure requirements will have three years from their graduation date to meet the professional standards in order for AUNE to make the licensure recommendation to the State of NH.
• If it has been three years or more since the date of graduation, AUNE graduates pursuing NH State Licensure can no longer be nominated by AUNE for a license and must pursue an Alternative Pathway to Licensure.

Degree Requirements

Program Length

• Summer Start: 3-week residency on campus in July, plus online classes
• Fall and Spring Classes:  Classes meet the first Friday afternoon and Saturday of each month, plus online.  Internship Monday to Thursday.
• Final Summer: 3-week residency on campus in July, plus online classes
• Credits: 40-42
• Finish: 4 semesters

Career Outlook

This program allows you to complete a master’s of education (MEd) graduate degree and gain initial teacher licensure.

New Hampshire’s Unique Educational Experiment

The state of New Hampshire is currently engaged in one of the most progressive educational experiments in the nation.  All colleges and universities that provide educator development have joined together into a formal network designed to offer our students the highest quality in teacher preparation. We are currently in the process of piloting a new portfolio process for certification called the TCAP, which is based on having students demonstrate, through their student teaching and course work, that they have met all of the highest competencies required to teach. This is all part of the State’s on-going effort to transform teaching and learning.