Teaching-Secondary Strand, M.A.T.

The Master of Arts in Teaching Program is a 39-credit hour program of study that provides students with a comprehensive education that will enable them to become successful educators. This program will lay the foundation to produce graduates who are knowledgeable, competent, accountable, and ethical. The overall goal of this program is to provide an opportunity for prospective teachers to engage in professional education and decision-making based on inquiry and reflective practice in order to meet the challenges of an ever-expanding educational, social, and political responsibilities of the teaching profession.

Curriculum for a Master of Arts in Teaching—Secondary Strand

Total credit hours, 39 Hours:

Core courses, 27-29 Hours:

EDUC 500 - Advancing the Use of Technology in the Classroom (3 cr)
OR MUSC 526 - General Music Pedagogy and 21st-Century Technology (3cr) (Music Specialization Only)
EDUC 503 - Literacy in the Content Area (3cr)
EDUC 527 - Inclusion Seminar (3cr)
EDUC 560 - Survey of Exceptionalities (3 cr)
EDUC 581 - Social Foundations of American Education (3cr)
EDUC 582 - Learning in Contexts (3cr)
EDUC 583 - Planning, Conducting, and Assessing Instruction (3cr)
EDUC 584 - Classroom Ecology (3 cr)
EDUC 585 - Content Pedagogy (3 cr)
OR MUSC 525 - Choral Pedagogy (3cr) (Music Specialization Only) AND
MUSC 522 - Instrumental Pedagogy (2cr) (Music Specialization Only)

Electives, 6 Hours:

Any graduate course in education (3cr)
Any approved graduate level course in candidate’s content area (3cr)

Student teaching, 6 Hours:

EDUC 601 - Student Teaching Secondary 5-12 (6 cr)
OR EDUC 602 - Student Teaching Secondary 9-12 (6 cr)
OR EDUC 603 - Student Teaching Pre-K-Adult (6 cr)

Non-Course Program Requirement

Passing scores on approved teacher performance assessment.

Notes:

Retention and Certification Review

Following full admission to graduate studies, the success and progress of MAT teacher candidates are reviewed at two points in the program: Retention (the semester prior to student teaching) and Certification Review (after completing student teaching). See MAT Program Handbook for details.

Pre-Student Teaching Field Experiences

The State of West Virginia requires that each teacher candidaate complete a minimum of 125 hours of pre-student teaching field experiences across programmatic levels in classrooms consistent with the candidate’s declared area of specialization. These hours are tied to designated coursework. See MAT Program Handbook for details.

Specialization Requirements

All specialization requirements, listed as program prerequisites in the MAT Program Handbook, must be completed, AND the state-designated Content PRAXIS exam for the candidate’s designated specialization must be passed prior to student teaching.

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