Master of Arts in Teaching - Elementary Education
| PLEASE NOTE: The Departments of Education and Child
Development are suspending admissions into the MAT Elementary
Education program for the 2009-2010 academic year. The two
departments, in conjunction with the Graduate School, plan to
update, restructure, and enhance this graduate licensure program
for the preparation of elementary school teachers, and are
looking forward to its re launch in the near future. |
 Graduate students seeking initial teacher licensure at the
elementary level (grades 1-6) enter a joint Master of Arts in
Teaching degree program administered by the Departments of
Education and Child Development.
Candidates must hold a baccalaureate in a subject area consistent with
curriculum taught at the 1-6 level. All candidates have two practica,
amassing between 425 and 475 hours of classroom experience. The
classroom experiences are carefully coordinated with curriculum
content courses and seminars that provide a forum for analyzing
and processing field experiences.
The program places children's intellectual, social, personal,
language, and physical development as well as their productive,
successful school experiences at its core. Student teaching
seminars examine teaching as dynamic, complex, and
intellectually demanding work. Class discussions and readings
focus on children's prior experiences and how they think and
learn as central considerations for creating classrooms that
work. Assignments link classroom experiences with seminar
discussions on issues such as matching children's learning needs
with instruction, promoting equity, effective classroom
management, and establishing and maintaining productive,
respectful relationships with parents, communities, and school
faculty and staff.
View Course Requirements for M.A.T. Elementary.
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