The Tufts Department of Education and the Shady Hill School cooperate in a joint M.A. program that allows participants to student teach as an apprentice and work closely with the Shady Hill School in Cambridge for the duration of the entire school year. There are two stages to the application procedure: first, the candidate must apply to the Shady Hill School and, second, to Tufts University. Shady Hill School apprentices register for credit for their work as apprentices through 10 course credits, and are eligible to apply for teacher licensure for grades 5-8.

Students may be given special permission to take up to two undergraduate (below l00-level) courses in the discipline, but must have the advisor and instructor approve their coursework. This must be done at the time of registration or within the first week of classes. Forms for obtaining approval are available from the Department of Education staff.

Because Shady Hill School only goes up to grade 8, apprentices who wish to be licensed for grades 8-12 must complete additional student teaching for at least 150 hours. Tufts will attempt to arrange this additional student teaching in the summer following the apprenticeship year. However, such additional extra activity is not included in the program tuition and will require summer registration and payment of summer school tuition.

For more information, contact the TTC Director at Shady Hill School at www.shs.org.

View Course Requirements for M.A. Shady Hill.