MA in Educational Transformation - Georgetown University

The M.A. in Educational Transformation at Georgetown University is an innovative, interdisciplinary program located in the heart of the oldest university in Washington, DC, and the oldest Catholic university in the nation. We are deeply rooted in our home city, where we work, learn and strive to ensure that every child—both locally and across the country—has access to the teachers, schools, opportunities and resources they need to succeed.

Our 30 credit graduate program equips professionals to impact policy, advocacy, learning and teaching both from within the classroom and from policy organizations and nonprofits. Whether you are interested in working directly with children in the classroom or crafting policies that advance equity, the M.A. in Educational Transformation blends practical, hands-on learning with a comprehensive exploration of research-driven strategies for creating equitable classrooms and educational systems.

How will you transform education? Start your application to join our program today at https://gradapply.georgetown.edu/apply/.

Learning & Teaching Concentration (Georgetown University Teacher Residency Program)

• Learning & Teaching, Georgetown University’s Teacher Residency Program, centers on the education of the whole learner. Whether it is building relationships with students, honing your instructional practice, gaining pedagogical content knowledge in your licensure area, generating insights into classroom dynamics, developing a cultural competence to bridge worlds of experience, or understanding how data can inform your craft, the goal is to ensure that you have the instructional skill and professional awareness to spark and spur learning for every student. We currently offer licensure training to work with English language learners (ESL/ELL) in K-12 settings.
• Our Teacher Residency Program is designed to prepare K-12 educational professionals who have interdisciplinary skills and focus on the assets that children bring to school, rather than focus on deficits that undermine learning. These interdisciplinary skills and an asset-oriented perspective are necessary to promote effective instructional practices for children with diverse needs in an urban context. These skills and perspectives lead transformations of classrooms, schools, and districts to ensure a just and equitable education for all children.

Advocacy & Policy Concentration

• Advocacy & Policy engages communities, citizens, the political world and the policy dynamics that construct our schools and educational systems. By understanding how policy can support and advance learning, as well as the obstacles and opportunities to transforming both the policies and structures of education, students are empowered to engage in the kind of work outside the classroom that is needed to ensure a vibrant education inside of it. Our Advocacy & Policy concentration embraces our location of Washington, DC – the seat of national policymaking and the site of deep educational challenges and opportunities – and affords students a rich environment to engage in hands-on, experience-driven study of the dynamics of the educational policy world.
• The educational contexts of Washington, DC, are complex and too often understood in isolation from each other. Bringing together advocates, policymakers, instructional leaders and school officials, the M.A. in Educational Transformation enables students to learn from diverse perspectives and viewpoints.

Inquiry & Applied Research Concentration

• Inquiry & Applied Research prepares students to respond to the complex challenges facing education today through equity-oriented research that fosters systemic change. Students develop core competencies in qualitative and quantitative research, program evaluation, and data interpretation—skills that are increasingly essential across the education, policy, and nonprofit sectors. The Inquiry & Applied Research concentration is designed for two primary groups pursuing educational justice: professionals working in education-related fields who seek formal research training to deepen their impact, and recent college graduates looking to strengthen their research literacy and academic competency in critical quantitative and qualitative research methods.
• Through a carefully sequenced series of applied research methods courses, mentored research projects, and independent inquiry, students engage directly with real-world educational issues. This experience not only supports immediate professional goals but also empowers students to use research as a tool for equity, transformation, and systemic change.