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Lindsey Wilson will offer 14 month weekend master's program By Duane Bonifer, LWC Public Affairs Director Lindsey Wilson College is making professional development a little easier for the region's teachers. Beginning this summer, Lindsey Wilson will offer a master's degree in education. The unique program, which is open only to full-time teachers, will be offered on weekends. Students, who will enter the 30-hour program as a cohort, will be able to earn their master's degree in 14 months. Classes for the first cohort are scheduled to begin in June. "Lindsey Wilson has a fine reputation in the commonwealth for graduating excellent teachers, and several recent Lindsey Wilson education graduates have received state and regional awards," Lindsey Wilson Associate Professor Fred Smiley, who is also chair of the college's education division, said. "Therefore, having a complementary graduate program was the logical next step for the college." In Kentucky, all public school teachers are required to have a master's degree within 10 years after they begin teaching. The Lindsey Wilson program will allow area teachers who are at a Rank III level to move to a Rank II level. The Lindsey Wilson master's program was shaped with help from area public school officials. Smiley and his Lindsey Wilson colleagues met with school superintendents from school systems in Adair, Casey, Clinton, Cumberland, Green, Metcalfe, Pulaski, Russell and Taylor counties to create the program. "They told us that they wanted this program to be in a cohort format; they wanted face-to-face instruction; and courses covering teacher leadership, computers, classroom management, diversity and special education," Smiley said. "Another unique feature of this program is that cohort candidates will be monitored by their site principal. This is a true partnership between Lindsey Wilson and local school districts." Smiley said the new master's degree is a great example of what happens when a college collaborates with area schools. "Area school leaders we met with told us that higher-education folks are famous for talking down to leaders at the primary and secondary level of education," Smiley said. "They told us that they wanted a program that will result in better teachers, and that's what this program is designed to achieve." For more information about Lindsey Wilson's master's degree in education, contact Smiley at smileyf@lindsey.edu or (270) 384-8468. This story was posted on 2008-04-22 17:49:00
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