On the Horizon for 2021-2022

BA Degree Completion Program

Recognizing the need to continue increasing access to our degree programs and to reform our community institutions to establish equity, access, and social justice, we have established an online degree program and admitted our first cohort of 25 students for the Fall 2021 semester.

“The focus of this program is to develop the teacher pipeline, especially for folks who are already working in schools as aides or paraeducators, or for early childhood educators who want to be master teachers or site supervisors,” said John Jabagchourian, Program Coordinator and ChAD lecturer.

Learn more about the program at bit.ly/3voGq3q.

MA in Higher Education Leadership

Recognizing the need for transformative higher education leaders for our region, we have created a new MA program and community college teaching certificate program to begin Summer 2022.

“Our MA in Higher Education Leadership MA will prepare higher education leaders through an equity-minded praxis approach to engage in transformative thinking and practice with the goal of disrupting how power, in the form of racism, classism, sexism, and related oppressions intersect to (re)produce and sustain disparate higher educational opportunities,” said Educational Leadership Associate Professor María Ledesma.

More information will be available soon at sjsu.edu/edleadership.

Spartan Accelerated Graduate Education

Recognizing the need to streamline the time to completion for teacher prep programs and to diversify the teaching candidate pool, we have established Spartan Accelerated Graduate Education (SAGE) programs for the 2021-2022 academic year.

“These are essentially 5 year programs in which students earn their BA or BS, credential, and MA. Students simultaneously learn the subject matter content while learning the pedagogy and theory, and they can earn a critical bilingual authorization by completing some of the courses in Spanish,” said Susan Verducci, SJSU Professor and Liberal Studies Advisor.

View our 7 Education SAGE programs at bit.ly/2URqzOu.

Transformative Leadership Minor

Recognizing the need to expand opportunities for SJSU students to develop their leadership capacities and engage with anti-racist pedagogies and practices, our faculty have collaborated to establish a Minor in Transformative Leadership beginning in Fall 2021.

“The goal of the Transformative Leadership Minor is to develop future leaders so that they can transform their communities.” said Marcella McCollum, Program Coordinator and CD&S Lecturer. “By the end of the program, students will gain a sense of agency to make the changes needed in their educational, work, and personal environments.”

Learn more about the minor at bit.ly/2RemwJR.