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The Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) at Pfeiffer University equips students with the knowledge, skills, and disposition they need to seek professional licensure as elementary, special education, health and physical education, or secondary teachers. Trained as servant leaders who recognize the work of the teacher as professional, MAT graduates are informed in the discipline of teaching, the nature of learners, and learning.
MAT students are prepared in four domains based on the work of Charlotte Danielson:
- Planning and Preparation
- Establishing a Respectful Environment
- Instructing Effectively
- Professional Responsibilities
Program Overview
Embrace a service-oriented, professional approach to educational instruction that will impact students for years to come.
36 credit hours
Includes two phases and leads to recommendations for North Carolina licensure at the end of the initial phase.
Education-General Curriculum or Elementary Education.
Features clinical experience
Areas of focus:
- Elementary Education
- (K–6) Special Education: General Curriculum (K–12)
- Health and Physical Education (K-12)
- Secondary English
- Secondary Mathematics
- Secondary Science
- Secondary Social Studies
- lementary Education (K–6)
- Special Education (General Curriculum K–12)
Program Highlights
Prepares students for initial educator licensure in North Carolina in elementary education, special education: general curriculum, health and physical education, and secondary education (English, mathematics, science, & social studies)
Clinical experiences integrated into program courses help students put theory into practice immediately
Students learn from seasoned practitioners who are experts in their fields and have also maintained a connection to the K-12 classroom
Phase 1: Initial Level (22 SH)
Development and Learning (3 SH)
Differentiated Strategies for Learning (3 SH)
or
Collaboration & Instructional Delivery (3 SH)
Assessment of Students with Diverse Needs (3 SH)
Research and Practice in Social-Emotional Learning (3 SH)
Specialty Area Coursework (12 SH)
Elementary & Special Educ–General Curriculum
Mathematics-Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment
Teaching 21st Century Literacy in the Multicultural Classroom
Curriculum Integration
Clinical Teaching Experience
Or
Non-Licensure Internship
Middle School, Secondary, Health & Physical Education, and Music Candidates
Curriculum Integration
Arts and Science of Teaching
Field Experience in Art and Science of Teaching
Clinical Teaching Experience
Or
Non-Licensure Internship
Phase 2: Advanced Level – 10 (SH)
Research and Assessment (3 SH)
Instructional Leadership in Diverse Settings (3 SH)
or
Effective Leadership (3 SH)
MAT Capstone Project (3 SH)