Personalized Learning
With a personalized learning approach, our program will help you meet your career goals to become a critical member of the secondary education teaching community.
Master's Degree & Certification
Secondary Education (MEd)
Gain advanced learning experiences suitable for practicing teachers through our secondary education master’s program. Along with professional skills enrichment and development, you can earn certification in eight subjects.
Program Overview
Our master’s program in secondary education (grades 7–12) provides you with advanced learning experiences suitable for practicing teachers, along with opportunities for professional skills enrichment and development.
Earn your graduate degree with or without teaching certification in Biology, Chemistry, Earth and Space Science, English, Mathematics, Physics, Social Studies (History), or Spanish**.
**Spanish certification qualifies students to teach pre-kindergarten through grade 12.
Program Options
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Earn grade 7-12 teaching certification in the following: Biology, Chemistry, Earth and Space Science, English, Mathematics, Physics, Social Studies (History), or Spanish.
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Admissions Information
- Complete the application form.
- Copy of your Resume.
- Personal Statement.
- Have an official transcript sent from all previous graduate and undergraduate programs.
- Submit two letters of recommendation from colleagues, supervisors, or college professors.
- Complete a writing sample. Contact the Writing Center at 610-499-4332 to schedule an appointment. The writing sample can be waived if you have an acceptable undergraduate GPA.
You will have an admissions interview with a faculty advisor.
We have rolling admissions, so you may enter the program in any semester.
Program Highlights
Gain the professional skills and preparation to advance your teaching career in 7–12 grades.
Instruction for Working Educators
We have hybrid, online, and evening classes—perfect for working professionals. You can also complete the program part-time, enabling you to earn your degree on your own timetable.
Convenient Classes & Online Options
We structure our courses as professional learning communities, so your prior knowledge and work experience are integrated with engaged faculty with secondary education experience. You also work with fellow educators, learning from each other to develop leadership and collaborative skills to be an outstanding grade 7-12 educator.
Clubs & Organizations
Secondary Education majors have the opportunity to join various clubs & organizations across and outside of campus to expand their network, including the Secondary Education Affinity Group, Kappa Delta Pi, and many more.
Faculty
Get to know our Secondary Education MEd faculty.
"My interests include brain development, literacy development, and applications of technology in research and instruction. My greatest excitement in teaching comes from the way that working with graduate students spills over to my teaching of undergraduates and vice versa."
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Your Inside Track to Success
Your Inside Track to Success
Outlook & Outcomes
Center for Education
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503 East 13th Street
Chester, PA 19013
- 610-499-4345
Patricia A. Newman
Director of Teacher Education and Certification
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503 E. 13th Street
Chester, PA 19061
Room 113
- (610) 499-4630
- panewman@widener.edu