The program features five areas of concentration:

• Instructional Strategies: a focus on practical applications to support student achievement and engagement
• Reading: a focus on teaching strategies, assessment, and instruction that facilitates deeper comprehension of fiction and nonfiction texts
• Special Populations: a focus on how to support and teach at-risk students, with an emphasis on autism, response to intervention (RTI) and emotional/behavioral issues
• STEM: a focus on science, technology, engineering and mathematics
• Technology: a focus on utilizing and implementing technology to enhance student learning