Mar 28, 2024  
ACE Catalog - Volume 21 
    
ACE Catalog - Volume 21 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Elementary Teaching, M.A.


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Program Description

The Master of Arts in Elementary Teaching (MAT) is designed for individuals who hold a bachelor’s degree in a field other than education and decide to become teachers. The program is not designed for teachers who already have initial teacher certification, other than those graduate students who have completed a Transition to Teaching (T2T) program. The MAT program leads to initial K-6 teacher certification in Indiana. Candidates gain understanding of child development as they learn and apply instructional and assessment strategies to improve achievement of elementary students’ achievement in reading, mathematics, social studies, and science.

Program Outcomes

  1. Design and deliver integrated, differentiated instruction with integrity that is responsive to student diversity and differences and promotes high achievement for all students. 
  2. Apply standards-based, data-driven decision making, and integrated differentiated instruction using appropriate technologies and tools to improve the achievement of all students. 
  3. Demonstrate in-depth understanding of assessment and use assessment results to inform instructional decision making. 
  4. Collaborate with others to establish a well-organized, positive learning environment which supports the development of leadership skills, improves student achievement, and maintains the high ethical teaching standards of the educational profession. 
  5. Engage in continuous professional growth, intellectual development, inquiry, and research reflective of educational needs and goals within a changing national and international society. 
  6. Use knowledge of scientifically based research, developmental knowledge, and educational theory to plan and deliver instruction in content areas, including reading, language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, fine arts, health, wellness, and physical education, for the purpose of improving the achievement of all students. 

Course List (34 Semester Credits)


Research Courses (3 Semester Credits)


Digital Learning and Teaching/Technology Courses (3 Semester Credits)


Non-Licensure Option


Non-Licensure Option Track (for students no longer wishing to be licensed as a teacher. This will be taken instead of student teaching)

Additional Information for Initial Teaching Licensure Programs


Please see Additional Information for the Teaching Programs .

Note


  • This program is designed to prepare students for eligibility for initial teacher licensure.
  • This program has been approved as meeting the initial teacher licensure requirements in the state of Indiana.
  • Check availability in your state on the Programs by State section of the ACE website [http://www.ace.edu/admissions/programs-by-state].
  • State authorization to provide a program related to the preparation of teachers or other P-12 school/system personnel does not indicate eligibility for an Alabama certificate. Applicants for an Alabama certificate based on reciprocity must meet Alabama’s test requirements and submit a valid, renewable professional educator certificate/license by another state at the degree level, grade level, and in the teaching field or area of instructional support for which an Alabama certificate is sought and for which Alabama issues a certificate. Applicants for Alabama certification in an area of administration or supervision must also document as least three full years of full-time educational experience in a P-12 setting, which must include at least one full year of full-time P-12 classroom teaching experience. Current requirements may be found at [www.alsde.edu].

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