课程和教学系致力于为公共，私人和政府机构准备硕士教育者。毕业生准备担任教学与课程主任，学科专家，学生教学主管和课程与教学大学教授。新墨西哥州立大学的TESOL计划提供本科和研究生教育，旨在为岗前和在职教师做好准备，以便他们在教室，学校和社区中与文化和语言多样化（CLD）学生合作。CLD是一个经常用来描述这些学生的术语。用于描述这一特定学生群体的其他常用术语是：英语学习者（ELL），英语作为第二语言（ESL）的学生，ESOL（其他语言使用者的英语）和双语学习者。以下陈述可用于指导课程开发和课程教师教授的个人
Teachers acknowledge the need to develop more in-depth inquiry to learn more about how to communicate with school leaders and wanting leaders to also become social and political agents who embrace a culturally relevant leadership practice, one that links culturally relevant and anti-racist pedagogy to ''explore the yet-untapped possibilities of speaking across areas of theory, research, and practice within the field of education (Douglas-Horsford, Grossland, and Gunn, 2011, p. 582). This Master of Arts mission is to provide advanced practical training to prepare effective professional educators, classroom teachers and school leaders, to promote meaningful outcomes in schools and communities by becoming outstanding, effective servant-leader educators and social change agents towards equity, social change and social justice.