Apr 27, 2024

2023-2024 Graduate Catalog

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2023-2024 Graduate Catalog

Teacher Education, MAT

Location(s): Online

Are you ready to share your professional expertise through teaching, or switch fields to embark on a new career? PennWest’s online Master’s in Teacher Education (MAT) can get you there in as little as five semesters. This two-track professional development degree program includes Pennsylvania Level 1 teacher certification if you already have a background in one of 10 subject areas or if you want to make a career change into elementary or secondary education. Rigorous coursework will prepare you to become a passionate and effective teacher. You’ll gain a greater understanding of best practices, and develop top strategies for classroom management, instruction, assessments and interventions. You will enhance your knowledge of your specific subject area, and learn to master the latest classroom technology. Hands-on fieldwork, plus 15 full weeks of student teaching will prepare you to graduate ready to excel as a teacher and stand out in the secondary education job market.

Student Learning Outcomes

Candidates will develop, implement, assess, and modify curriculum and lessons that integrate research-based pedagogy and are developmentally appropriate to their content area, the PA PreK-12 Academic Standards, and concentration level: elementary (Grades PreK-4), middle school, secondary, technical education, and art.
Candidates will plan, adapt, and implement developmentally, culturally, and linguistically appropriate evidence-based instructional practices and strategies that integrate appropriate and effective classroom management in various educational settings.
Candidates will communicate deep content knowledge as they plan and implement lessons and instructional practices that use active student engagement and formal and/or informal assessment to measure student responsiveness to instruction.
Candidates will develop professional dispositions with respect to students, parents and families, and will demonstrate integrity, ethical behavior and professional conduct as stated in Pennsylvania’s Code of Professional Practice & Conduct for Educators.
Candidates will identify, administer, and interpret multiple assessments (formative, summative, benchmark, behavioral, diagnostic, cognitive, and/or affective and psychomotor) that are developmentally appropriate and aligned with content area standards and learning objectives to inform planning and instruction for groups and individual students.

Curriculum Requirements

Core

Complete the 5 core courses - except for Art Certification (at bottom):

ED 5910 - Supporting Diverse Learners, Families, and Communities Birth to Grade 12 Credit Hours: 3
ED 5920 - Foundations of Teaching & Learning Birth to Grade 12 Credit Hours: 3
ED 5940 - Supporting English Language Learners Birth to Grade 12 Credit Hours: 3
SPED 6000 - Special Education Foundations and Collaboration Credit Hours: 3
SPED 7510 - Introduction to Behavior Analysis Credit Hours: 3

Total Core Credits Required: 15

Required

ED 5969 - School Law Credit Hours: 3
ED 5970 - Student Teaching Credit Hours: 6

Required Advanced

Teacher Education PLUS Elementary Education Certification

ELEM 5810 - Elementary Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment Credit Hours: 3
ELEM 5830 - Early Language and Literacy Credit Hours: 3
ELEM 5840 - Elementary ELA instruction and Assessment Credit Hours: 3
ELEM 5850 - Teaching and Assessment of Mathematics Credit Hours: 3
ELEM 5860 - Teaching and Assessment of Science Credit Hours: 3
ELEM 5870 - Teach and Assess Soc Studies Credit Hours: 3
ELEM 5880 - Elementary Clinical Experiences & the Learning Environment Credit Hours: 3

Concentration Credits Required: 21

Teacher Education PLUS Middle Level Education Certification

SPED 6300 - Evidence-Based Practices in PK-12 Special Education Settings Credit Hours: 3
ED 5961 - Trauma Informed Teaching of Adolescents Credit Hours: 3
ED 5962 - Technology Integration Credit Hours: 3
ED 5963 - Instructional Strategies Credit Hours: 3
ED 5964 - Assessments & Interventions Credit Hours: 3
ED 5965 - Classroom Learning Environment Credit Hours: 3
ED 5981 - Discipline Specific Instructional Methods Credit Hours: 3

Concentration Credits Required: 21

Teacher Education PLUS Science Certification

SPED 6300 - Evidence-Based Practices in PK-12 Special Education Settings Credit Hours: 3
ED 5961 - Trauma Informed Teaching of Adolescents Credit Hours: 3
ED 5962 - Technology Integration Credit Hours: 3
ED 5963 - Instructional Strategies Credit Hours: 3
ED 5964 - Assessments & Interventions Credit Hours: 3
ED 5965 - Classroom Learning Environment Credit Hours: 3
ED 5985 - Teaching of Science (Secondary) Credit Hours: 3

Concentration Credits Required: 21

Teacher Education PLUS Secondary Ed-English Certification

SPED 6300 - Evidence-Based Practices in PK-12 Special Education Settings Credit Hours: 3
ED 5961 - Trauma Informed Teaching of Adolescents Credit Hours: 3
ED 5962 - Technology Integration Credit Hours: 3
ED 5963 - Instructional Strategies Credit Hours: 3
ED 5964 - Assessments & Interventions Credit Hours: 3
ED 5965 - Classroom Learning Environment Credit Hours: 3
ED 5983 - Teaching of English (Secondary) Credit Hours: 3

Concentration Credits Required: 21

Teacher Education PLUS Mathematics Certification

SPED 6300 - Evidence-Based Practices in PK-12 Special Education Settings Credit Hours: 3
ED 5961 - Trauma Informed Teaching of Adolescents Credit Hours: 3
ED 5962 - Technology Integration Credit Hours: 3
ED 5963 - Instructional Strategies Credit Hours: 3
ED 5964 - Assessments & Interventions Credit Hours: 3
ED 5965 - Classroom Learning Environment Credit Hours: 3
ED 5984 - Teaching of Mathematics Credit Hours: 3

Concentration Credits Required: 21

Teacher Education PLUS Technology Education K-12 Certification

SPED 6300 - Evidence-Based Practices in PK-12 Special Education Settings Credit Hours: 3
ED 5961 - Trauma Informed Teaching of Adolescents Credit Hours: 3
ED 5962 - Technology Integration Credit Hours: 3
ED 5963 - Instructional Strategies Credit Hours: 3
ED 5964 - Assessments & Interventions Credit Hours: 3
ED 5965 - Classroom Learning Environment Credit Hours: 3
ED 5993 - Teaching of Tech Ed in Secondary Credit Hours: 3

Concentration Credits Required: 21

Teacher Education PLUS Social Studies Certification

SPED 6300 - Evidence-Based Practices in PK-12 Special Education Settings Credit Hours: 3
ED 5961 - Trauma Informed Teaching of Adolescents Credit Hours: 3
ED 5962 - Technology Integration Credit Hours: 3
ED 5963 - Instructional Strategies Credit Hours: 3
ED 5964 - Assessments & Interventions Credit Hours: 3
ED 5965 - Classroom Learning Environment Credit Hours: 3
ED 5986 - Teaching of Social Studies (Secondary) Credit Hours: 3

Concentration Credits Required: 21

Teacher Education PLUS Health and Physical Education

ED 5961 - Trauma Informed Teaching of Adolescents Credit Hours: 3
ED 5962 - Technology Integration Credit Hours: 3
ED 5963 - Instructional Strategies Credit Hours: 3
ED 5964 - Assessments & Interventions Credit Hours: 3
ED 5965 - Classroom Learning Environment Credit Hours: 3
ED 5987 - Teaching of Health and Physical Education Credit Hours: 3
ED 5995 - Adapted Physical Education Credit Hours: 3

Concentration Credits Required 21

Teacher Education PLUS Art Education K-12 Certification

Core

ED 5920 - Foundations of Teaching & Learning Birth to Grade 12 Credit Hours: 3
ED 5940 - Supporting English Language Learners Birth to Grade 12 Credit Hours: 3
SPED 6000 - Special Education Foundations and Collaboration Credit Hours: 3
SPED 7510 - Introduction to Behavior Analysis Credit Hours: 3

Required

ED 5969 - School Law Credit Hours: 3
ED 5970 - Student Teaching Credit Hours: 6

Required Advanced

ED 5961 - Trauma Informed Teaching of Adolescents Credit Hours: 3
ED 5962 - Technology Integration Credit Hours: 3
ED 5964 - Assessments & Interventions Credit Hours: 3
ED 5965 - Classroom Learning Environment Credit Hours: 3

Discipline-Specific Art

ARED 7050 - Aesthetics and Art Criticism for Art Education Credit Hours: 3
ARED 7200 - Therapeutic Approaches in Art Education Credit Hours: 3
ARED 6500 - Art Strategies in Teaching and Learning Credit Hours: 3
ARED 7060 - Art Curriculum Development Credit Hours: 3

Concentration Credits Required: 24

Total Number of Credits to Complete the Program: 45