Students may enroll in courses which meet their professional goals but which are outside the course requirements for their program option. Elective courses vary in credit from 1 to 3, focusing on current issues, trends, and strategies in the education literature which are related to the Teacher Education Themes and Professional Standards. The graduate program framework has, as a final component, a capstone experience. The Capstone Seminar brings together in a cooperative setting students in the program option. The Capstone Seminar experience uses the collaborative case study development method and requires student presentations.
Students identify a problem area or student on which to focus studies.
Others in the class serve as consultants in the development of viable interventions and the identification of methods for assessing the efficacy of the interventions. Program Administration Admission to the Graduate Program Admission to the graduate program requires completion of an application process which includes submission of transcripts for all undergraduate and graduate course work, three letters of recommendation, an admissions essay which outlines the applicant's goals for graduate work, and an application fee. Applicants currently holding a New Hampshire teaching certificate must include a copy with their application. A criminal records check report and an official report of Pre-Professional Skills Test results are required for applicants seeking an initial certification in New Hampshire or who have a teaching certificate which has lapsed. Successful candidates for admission who are seeking an initial certification or who are renewing a lapsed certificate as part of their graduate program must meet or exceed test score criteria established by the New Hampshire Department of Education.