Smith College Elementary School (Grades 1-6)
Graduate Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT)

This license enables one to teach grades 1 through 6 at the elementary school level.

Professional Teaching Knowledge (Pedagogy) Requirements
Edc 338 – Children Learning to Read
Edc 548 – Student Diversity and Classroom Teaching
Edc 554 – Cognition and Instructional Design
Edc 559 and 559s – Clinical Internship in Teaching
Edc 556s – Teaching and Learning

Subject Matter Knowledge

All students seeking Massachusetts Educator Licensure must have an undergraduate major in the liberal arts and sciences. Upon entering the MAT program, the student and her/his advisor will review the student's undergraduate transcript for subject matter preparation in the following areas:

Literature
must include American, British, and world literature

History
must include the following: U.S. History, colonial to present, and/or American government, including
the founding documents

world history and European history, ancient to present

Natural Science
must include one lab science

Mathematics
must include two college level math courses

Social Sciences
must include the studies of economics and geography

Recommendations for subject matter preparation will be made by the advisor, if necessary.

NOTE: All applicants to the MAT program are required to take and receive a passing grade on the MTEL (Massachusetts Test for Educator Licensure) in Communication and Literacy Skills before being admitted to the MAT course of study.

Other courses in the MAT program of study include the following:
Edc 552: Perspectives on American Education (required for the MAT degree)

Electives:
Edc 336: Seminar in American Education: John Dewey and His World
Edc 342: Growing Up American: Adolescents and their Educational Institutions
Edc 343: Multicultural Education
Edc 350: Learning Disabilities
Edc 325: The Teaching of Writing
Edc 333: Information Technology and Learning
Edc 305: The Teaching of Visual Art in the Classroom
Hst 390: Teaching History
Eng 399: Teaching Literature

A minimum of 32 semester hours and final course grades of B- or better are required for completion of the MAT. degree. Graduate students pursuing Massachusetts Educator Licensure at the elementary level are required to participate in the summer semester.

Program Requirements

Overview

Master of Arts in Teaching

Elementary MAT
    Requirements

Secondary MAT
    Reguirements

Teacher Licensure

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