Library Media MA

Offered at the graduate level, the program to certify school library media specialists will include all of the courses required by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education for certification, and, at the same time, incorporate those skills and competencies considered essential by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL) as set forth in the 1998 Standards. Courses in the Lindenwood University Master of Arts in Education with an emphasis in library media program (which will include all courses required for certification) will define more clearly the librarian’s instructional role by moving the focus from library instruction to whole school curriculum. The program emphasizes collaboration involving teachers and the role of the librarian as instructional consultant, working with teachers and administrators to integrate the information curriculum throughout the instructional program of the school.

For those possessing a middle or high school teaching certificate, the completion of 42 credits is required.  Elementary certificated are required by DESE to add Teaching Reading in the Content Area (3), which brings the total to 45 credit hours for the Master of Arts in Education with emphasis in library media.

Requirements

Core Curriculum

EDU 50500Analysis of Teaching and Learning Behavior

3

EDU 52000Curriculum Analysis and Design

3

One of the following:

EDU 51000Conceptualization of Education

3

EDU 51010Conceptualization of Education for Beginning Teachers

3

Library Media Curriculum

EDL 50000Libraries and Librarianship

3

EDL 50500Administration of the Media Center

3

EDL 51000Cataloging and Classification

3

EDL 51500Information Technologies for the Media Center

3

EDL 52000Selection and Acquisition of Materials

3

EDL 52500Introduction to Reference Sources

3

EDL 53000Integration and Utilization

3

EDL 53500Library Materials for Children and Youth

3

EDL 54000Material Production

3

EDL 54500Seminar & Media Center Practicum

3

EDU 57000Educational Research

3

Notes: (1) Courses are three credit hours unless otherwise indicated.

(2) EDU 57000: Action research focus in library media required for library media certification.