Library Media M.Ed.-This program is designed for current teachers to meet Washington State competencies. This program is not American Library Association (ALA) certified. 

Program coursework is aligned with the Library Media Competencies for the State of Washington Educator Standards Board. 

This emphasis area does not lead to an initial, residency teaching certificate. However, candidates who hold a valid Washington State teaching certificate, complete program requirements, and complete the WEST-E assessment are then eligible for recommendation for the add-on endorsement.

For more information about this program visit our website. For information about internships for this program, visit our internship website.

This is an online accelerated program with 6-week academic sessions. 

Admissions Requirements

1. Have earned a baccalaureate degree (either a BA or BS) from an accredited institution of higher education.
2. Have earned a GPA ≥3.0 on a 4–point-scale during the final 90 quarter credits (or 60 semester credits) of enrolled coursework.

Required Core
EDUC 505	CURRENT ISSUES IN EDUCATION	4
EDUC 507	PHILOSOPHY AND ORGANIZATION OF THE AMERICAN SCHOOL	4
EDUC 520	METHODS OF EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH	4
EDUC 522	TRANSFORMATION OF LEARNING AND TEACHING	4
Area Specialization
EDUC 542	P-12 LITERATURE STUDY IN THE CLASSROOM	4
EDUC 561	INFORMATION AND RESOURCE LITERACY	4
EDUC 562	MEDIA COLLECTION MANAGEMENT	4
EDUC 568	TECHNOLOGY-EMBEDDED INSTRUCTION	4
EDUC 569	LIBRARIAN LEADERSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION	4
EDUC 571	COLLABORATIVE CONTENT INTEGRATION	4
Internship
EDUC 645	LIBRARY MEDIA INTERNSHIP I	2
EDUC 646	LIBRARY MEDIA INTERNSHIP II	2
Portfolio and Comprehensive Exam
EDUC 647	LIBRARY MEDIA PORTFOLIO	2
EDUC 648	LIBRARY MEDIA COMPREHENSIVE EXAM	3
Total Credits		49

This program meets Washington state competencies for the Library Media endorsement in addition to the Master of Education. At the end of this program students will be able to:

• improve student learning by providing leadership within the educational community;
• develop, implement, and evaluate the school library media program and manage personnel, information systems, resources, and facilities;
• evaluate, select, and maintain resources to provide collections that are integral to the educational goals of the school;
• use a variety of resources to teach students and others in the school community to develop independence in the information problem-solving process including: defining, retrieving, analyzing, interpreting, organizing, evaluating, synthesizing, and presenting information and ideas;
• demonstrate teaching skills in literacy, collaboration, and integrating information literacy with content curriculum.  Candidates design culturally responsive learning experiences using a variety of instructional strategies and assessments that measure the impact on student learning. Candidates guide learners to reflect on their learning growth and their ethical use of information. Candidates use data and information to reflect on and revise the effectiveness of their instruction;
• demonstrate the ways learners grow within and across cognitive, psychomotor, affective, and developmental domains. Candidates engage learners’ interests to think, create, share and grow as they design and implement instruction that integrates the National School Library Standards;
• use a variety of strategies to develop life-long learners who read for a wide range of purposes;
• apply standards and school goals and objectives to develop collaborative relationships within the school and community to deliver integrated instruction, reading advocacy, and information services.