At the graduate level, the Department of Curriculum and Instruction strives to enable M.Ed. students to enhance their skills in critical thinking, comprehension of research, and decision making in order to be more effective practitioners. In addition, Ed. S. candidates are expected to become advanced scholars, change agents and leaders in their profession, and capable of completing research studies so to add to the growing field of professional literature. The department utilizes the five core propositions of the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) for our graduate programs which can be found at the following URL: www.nbpts.org