Thanks to the partnership between Des Moines Public School and Drake University, teachers who have already begun their careers may also take advantage of the opportunity to earn an MSE:

• Drake’s M.S.E. in Culturally Responsive Leadership and Instruction has six required courses focusing on effective teaching, cultural proficiency, and teacher leadership. Students may then select 15 additional credits from among a variety of electives or endorsement pathways, including STEM, Reading, ELL, SPED, Mathematics, Gifted and Talented, and Administration.
• Tuition offered at a significant reduction of only $330/credit hour (otherwise $475/credit).  This saves a DMPS grad student just under $5,000 by the end of the degree.
• Salary increases at BA + 15, BA + 30, and MA, MA +15, MA + 30
• The mandatory courses in the degree were created with DMPS’ administrators, coaches, teachers, and Drake faculty to ensure practical application of the theoretical works we study to a DMPS classroom. Program explicitly designed to complement your experience as a DMPS teacher.
• Develop leadership capacity – several of our graduate students are in leadership roles: mentors, school leadership teams, PLC leaders, demonstration classroom teachers, innovation teachers, leading cultural proficiency professional development
• Cohort of DMPS teachers to learn alongside beginning in January of each calendar year
• Classes are a combination of weekend, evenings, and online
• Program is six semesters long – completed in two calendar years