Accelerate your Career,

Earn your Master of Arts in Education in just 12 months!

We inspire and support current and rising leaders to enact educational change in schools, communities and other organizational contexts. Through application of learning theory, creativity, Design Thinking and Liberatory Design, this NEW 1-YEAR program is tailored to those wanting to transform practice, develop leadership skills and reimagine possibilities for teaching and learning.

Fully Online - Our program cannot support F1 VISAs for international students but welcomes any students seeking remote learning.

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Unique Cohort Model

Join a group of like-minded changemakers to reimagine teaching and learning.  From our first experience together we work to build relational trust, invite a diversity of perspectives, support each other and grow together.  This involves collaborative course work from start to finish at graduation.

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Designed for Your Schedule

Our classes meet online (live) two nights each week with asynchronous project work between sessions.  We also meet for extended learning sessions, which we call residencies, online one time each month on a Saturday.  Each class is taught by a practitioner in the field, to support knowledge development and practical application in the real world setting.

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Project-Based to Enact Change Now!

Because we value authentic learning, leadership and change, most of our course work is based on the application of learning and theory to the work we do in our daily lives.  Whether empathizing to better understand the humans at the center of our work, innovating and designing new curriculum, or embodying leadership strategies and skills, we move beyond traditional assignments to real-world projects that positively impact teaching and learning now.

Priority Deadline
March 1

Final Deadline
May 15

Who Should Join Us

Whether you are a leader in business, the nonprofit sector, a coach or consultant, K-12 educator, community college leader, or someone interested in changing how we inspire deep and meaningful learning, this program is designed to meet your needs.  

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Why Study Learning, Innovation and Design?

Through our project-based master's degree program, you will learn new approaches to innovation in education that will enable you to become a better educator, and support positive learning outcomes through equity-minded teaching and learning. Pacific's Master of Arts in Education in learning, innovation and design isn't just for those working as teachers. Graduates will also spur innovation in education in roles with non-profits as coaches or learning consultants. Those in learning and instructional design will also benefit from applying design thinking in education.

100% Online Program

Built on the principles of learning theory and design thinking for education, our cohort-based MAEd program includes both synchronous and asynchronous learning opportunities–giving you the flexibility to balance coursework with your career.

MEET OUR PROGRAM LEAD
Karen Sarafian, EdD

"Learning, Innovation and Design is about working WITH each other as change-makers, imagining new possibilities for our educational systems in which each student is invited to learn in the environment where they can create, innovate, and change the world."

Karen Sarafian, EdD

What Can You Do With Your Master of Arts in Education in Learning, Innovation and Design?

Disrupt the status quo and more equitably support deep and meaningful learning with Pacific's MAEd in learning, innovation and design. The learning theory, models and practices explored are designed for K–12 educators, those seeking supplemental teaching credentials, district-level curriculum leaders and instructional coaches and those who work in consultancy, coaching, non-profits and professional development.

Your MAEd in learning, innovation and design may qualify you for a job as one of the following:

  • District instructional coach
  • Teacher on special assignment
  • Curriculum specialist
  • Community college instructor
  • Corporate trainer
  • Educational consultant
  • Instructional designer
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Career Outlook

A teacher in California with a master's in education earns an average of $7,358 more per year compared to those with a bachelor's degree, according to USC Rossier School of Education. Curriculum designers typically need a master's in education, such as the MAEd in learning, innovation and design, and earn $63,740 a year on average. (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics)

How Our Course Sequence Works

Our new accelerated curriculum offers the same depth of knowledge and practice experiences over a shorter duration.  Each term, our scholars will take 2, 8-week courses that build upon each other while taking 1 16-week course designed to complement the other content.  For example, EDUC 215, Creativity and Ideation, runs for the first 8 weeks of our spring term and then students apply that knowledge and experience as they move into the next 8 weeks in EDUC 290, Digital and Blended Learning. This unique course design supports seamless integration of knowledge and practice to Learning, Innovation and Design.

 

SemesterCourse CodeCourse TitleUnits
Summer II and IIIEDUC 209DDesign in Education3
EDUC 204Education for a Diverse Democracy3
EDUC 216Nature and Conditions of Learning3
    
FallEDUC 209MModels of Learning3
EDUC 295MSeminar: Learning Design3
EDUC 279Innovation in Education3
    
SpringEDUC 215Creativity and Ideation3
EDUC 290Digital and Blended Learning3
EDUC 295IInnovative Learning Environments3
    
Summer I and IIEDUC 296TIntegrative Capstone in Innovative Teaching and Learning3
EDUC 297Graduate Research in Education1

 

Already have a CA Teaching Credential?


In addition to the Master of Arts in Education, Learning Innovation and Design, educators currently holding a CA teaching credential may choose to earn a supplemental teaching credential authorization.

Imagine the possibilities as you take your next steps toward earning a supplemental authorization to your teaching credential in combination with a Master of Arts in Education with a focus on Learning, Innovation and Design. 

This unique opportunity supports educators seeking to advance their careers, share content area expertise in additional subject areas, and facilitate innovative learning experiences as they work WITH students in more meaningful and intentional ways. 

Designed for working professionals, this interactive, project-based, online program keeps you at the center and provides the opportunity to apply learning within the context of the educational setting where you work. 

Note: MAEd Learning, Innovation and Design students seeking supplemental teaching credential authorizations must meet all other California Teaching Credential (CCTC) requirements in addition to coursework listed and CSETS. Students are required to apply for supplemental credential authorizations directly with the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CCTC).

 

For more information about the supplemental teaching credential combined with MAEd LID, please contact

Karen Sarafian, Program Lead

ksarafian@pacific.edu

 

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209.946.2683 BenerdLLC@pacific.edu

3601 Pacific Ave., Stockton, CA  95211

Karen Sarafian
Assistant Prof of Practice & Program Lead
ksarafian@pacific.edu

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