Although there is flexibility within the program, TLC-IL students tend to work together as a cohort according to the following schedule:
- Summer Orientation (evening session in July)
- Intensive Summer Institute (2 weeks in July, 8:30 - 3:30 p.m.) -- usually taken in first year but can be taken in second year
- EDC&I 525: Situating Teacher Leadership in Today's Schools (3 credits)
- EDC&I 526: Building Authentic Professional Community (3 credits)
- First academic year:
- EDC&I 552: Coaching and Mentoring Adult Learners (Fall, online, 3 credits)
- EDLPS 579: Educational Policy, Teachers and Teaching (Winter, online, 3 credits)
- EDC&I 553: Collecting, Interpreting and Using Data for School Improvement (Spring, online, 3 credits)
- EDC&I 600: Independent Study (1 credit each quarter while attending monthly MIL seminars)
- EDC&I 506: Action Research (Winter, 3 credits, evening)
- First and second academic years (including summers, as desired):
- 9 graduate-level credits within your content-specific area (literacy, math, science, ELL, equity-driven education, multilcultural education, or Early Childhood Education)
- 9 graduate-level credits within foundations of education
- EDLPS 520: Education as a Moral Endeavor
- EDC&I 503: Foundations of Curriculum and Instruction
- EDPSY 501: Human Learning and Educational Practice
- Second academic year:
- EDC&I 600: Independent Study (2 credits each quarter while attending monthly MIL seminars and working on Capstone Inquiry Project)
- Capstone Inquiry Project Presentation (May)
