$1.5 Million in Education Scholarships Available!
President Tori Murden McClure and Spalding’s Board of Trustees have approved the establishment of over 1.5 million dollars in scholarships to support individuals who want to enter the teaching profession or further their education by enrolling in one of the College of Education’s master’s degree programs.
An Information session will be held at 5 p.m. on April 25th at the Spalding University Egan Leadership Center located on the corner of Fourth and Breckinridge Streets.
To be eligible for scholarship dollars that would reduce the cost of tuition from $640 to $350 per credit hour, individuals must enroll in the one of the eight programs offered by the College of Education by the summer 2011. Spalding offers the following graduate degrees in the College of Education: Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT), Master of Education (MEd) in the Teacher Leader Program, Master of Arts (MA) in School Guidance Counseling, and a Rank I in the School Principal Program.
Applicants admitted to one of these programs will receive scholarship money for the two years necessary to complete the program amounting to approximately $10,000. Spalding’s College of Education supports the Louisville workforce, and the decision to launch this scholarship program is aimed to support the community’s commitment to the 55,000 degrees initiative. (www.55000degrees.com).
The Master of Arts in Teaching degree is designed for persons who have completed an undergraduate degree in an area other than education. Certification is offered in the following areas: Elementary (P-5) [only the traditional route is available in Elementary], Middle School (5-9), Secondary (8-12), Learning and Behavioral Disorders (LBD) (P-12), Spanish (P-12), Art (P-12) and Business and Marketing Education (5-12).
Two routes are available for students who enter the Master of Arts in Teaching programs: Traditional and Alternative. The traditional route allows students to focus on completing their course work generally while holding a job. The alternative route allows students to be employed teaching in public, private or parochial schools while completing their degree.
“Our newly redesigned master’s degree programs build upon extensive experiential practice and meet all the newest standards established by the Commonwealth of Kentucky,” says McClure.
For more information please contact an advisor below:
- Master of Arts in Teaching – Elementary Education
- Advisor: Dr. Barbara Foster, bfoster@spalding.edu
- Middle Grades & Secondary
- Advisor: Dr. Karen Dunnagan, kdunnagan@spalding.edu
- Alternative Certification Program
- Advisor: Prof. Carletta Bell, cbell03@spalding.edu
- Learning Behavior Disorders, Alternative Cert. Program
- Advisor: Prof. Veronica Wright, vwright@spalding.edu
- Learning Behavior Disorders, Traditional Program
- Advisor: Dr. H.A. Hasan, hhasan@spalding.edu
- Master of Arts in School Guidance Counseling
- Advisor: Dr. Jacqueline Johnson, jjohnson11@spalding.edu
- Master of Education Teacher Leadership and
- Principal Preparation Program Rank I
- Advisor: Dr. Jayne Morgenthal, jmorgenthal@spalding.edu
For General Information and application materials, please call 502-585-7121 or email bcaughron@spalding.edu.
