Teaching - MAT

One of our curriculum's primary focuses is honoring and integrating students' home languages and cultures into their educational experience. This consists of recognizing and celebrating the linguistic and cultural diversity in urban classrooms while also providing practical strategies for effectively incorporating their backgrounds into teaching practices. By embracing every student's identity and background, you can create an inclusive and empowering learning environment that is supportive of the academic success of all learners.

Within our nuanced curriculum, you will also choose a concentration within your MAT degree. The available concentrations include:

• Elementary Education
• Secondary English
• Secondary Mathematics
• Middle/Secondary Science
• Secondary Social Studies
• K-12 Instrumental Choral Music

During your time in the program, all nine of the teacher education outcomes will be addressed and monitored through several assessments. These foundational outcomes are strategically aligned with the Divisions Conceptual Framework, CAEP Standards, the INTASC principles, essential knowledge, skills and dispositions. These outcomes include:

• Thorough knowledge of the subject matter to be taught, and skill in applying the basic principles of teaching and learning in a primarily urban community setting
• Command of fundamental communication skills and effectively communicating diverse perspectives
• Classroom and behavior management techniques that nurture a positive learning environment to enhance the growth and development of all students
• Creating developmentally appropriate objectives in terms of expected outcomes that meet the needs of diverse learners
• Designing, implementing and assessing developmentally appropriate teaching and learning activities using performance criteria with a variety of assessment techniques
•  Integrating principles crucial to academic and social development, such as:
  1. respect for the learner as an individual by considering differentiated learning needs, abilities and ethnic and cultural backgrounds
  2. a commitment from the student to meet challenges and high academic expectations while exacting a commitment from the students to strive to meet high expectations
• Designing and applying technology applications appropriate for diverse learners in the classroom to meet the demands of a global society
• Pursuing ongoing knowledge and professional growth to enhance student achievement
• Cultivating a high level of social and emotional maturity and a sense of professionalism in collaborating and communicating with students, colleagues, school administrators, parents and members of the school community

Once you have completed your degree, you'll have no shortage of career options. While some of these opportunities may be in the school system, others may be in non-traditional educational spaces as well. With salaries reaching potential heights of nearly $100,000 a year, there really is only one place to go from here—up!

Among the careers available to you, some of these may include positions like:

• Academic Advisor
• Curriculum Developer
• Program Director
• Literary Specialist
• Museum Educator
• Private Tutor

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