Teacher Education, MAT

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

Required

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

Required Advanced

Total Number of Credits to Complete the Program: 45