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Secondary Teaching: Grades 7–12
Master of Arts in Teaching
Program Requirements
Teacher candidates are expected to complete all requirements associated with the Master of Arts in Teaching degree, including both course work and clinical experiences. The PRAXIS I: PPST (or relevant exemption tests), and appropriate PRAXIS II 9-12 high school content test must be passed prior to admission to MAS 7801 (Practicum/Pedagogical Approaches to Teaching in the Middle and High School). Content major courses, pedagogical courses, PRAXIS I: Math, Reading and Writing (or relevant exemption tests), and the appropriate PRAXIS II 9-12 high school content test must be satisfied prior to taking MAS 8800, Applied Assessment and Research in the Classroom which may be taken the semester prior to or concurrently with MAS 8801, Student Teaching. Teacher candidates are required to register for MAS 6102, E-Folio as the initial course in the program as this course will allow them to document various course requirements needed to satisfy individual program competencies.
Student teaching applications are available in the Office of Clinical Studies in the Division of Education. Teacher candidates must meet the deadlines for application for clinical experiences. Teacher candidates must apply to the Office of Clinical Studies for a student teaching placement for the fall semester by March 1 or for the spring semester by October 1. Applications to the Office of Clinical Studies do not take the place of registering for the student teaching course. Registration and payment of all fees, including laboratory fees for student teaching, are still required. A criminal background check is required for student teaching.
Teacher Dispositions and Values
A significant element of programs for the preparation of teacher candidates deals with their proficiency in working with students from diverse backgrounds and exceptionalities to ensure that each student has an opportunity to learn. The required clinical experiences in the MAT program are designed to encourage teacher candidates to interact with exceptional students and students from different socioeconomic, gender, racial, language, geographic and ethnic groups.
A second area of importance for teacher candidates is the realization that they work with students, families, and communities in ways that reflect the dispositions expected of teachers as delineated in professional, state, and institutional standards. MAT teacher candidates must recognize, develop, and model dispositions that are expected of professional educators.
In order to assess a teacher candidate’s initial dispositions and multicultural values, the Division of Education administers inventories - “Inventory of Beginning Teacher’s Dispositions Survey,” and “Multicultural Inventory- during clinical courses in the program.
Because of the importance accorded to these surveys, teacher candidates are expected to participate fully and to comply with these tasks as assigned.
Course Requirements
Secondary Requirements
Secondary Teaching: Grade 7-12
MAS 6102 E-Folio Electronic Portfolio (0)
MAS 7651 Adolescent Growth and Development (3)
MAS 7603 Strategies for Effective Teaching (3)
MAS 7652 Reading in Content Areas (3)
MAS 7601 Education of Diverse Populations & Exceptional
Children in the Middle and High School (3)
MAS 7602 School in a Multicultural Society (3)
MAS 7604 Technology for Instruction (2)
MAS 7701 Classroom Culture and Student Behavior (3)
(Prerequisite: MAS 7603 Strategies for Effective Teaching)
MAS 7996 Practicum I (1)
MAS 7997 Practicum II (1)
MAS 7998 Practicum III (1)
MAS 7801 Practicum/Pedagogical Approaches
to Teaching in the Middle and High School (4)
(Prerequisites include: MAS 7601, MAS 7602, MAS 7603, MAS
7604, MAS 7651, MAS 7652, MAS 7701, MAS 7998 and
passing all sections of PRAXIS I: Math, Reading, and Writing (or
relevant exemption tests), the appropriate PRAXIS II 9-12 high
school Content Area Test, and completion of all required
courses in a content major).
MAS 8800 Applied Assessment and Research
in the Classroom (3)
(This course may be taken the semester prior to or in
conjunction with MAS 8801, Student Teaching/Internship.)
MAS 8801 Student Teaching/Internship (9)
(Admission to MAS 8801, Student Teaching/Internship requires
successful completion of MAS 7801 and all courses and
prerequisites complete for MAS 8801).
NOTE: Teaching candidates needing to complete course work in
their content major must provide an official transcript of courses
taken to satisfy the content major as indicated by information on
the Student Contact Record Form maintained by the University
Qualifications for Degree
An electronic portfolio—E-Folio—and journals are required for the clinical experience. The portfolio must demonstrate a mastery of program competencies based on the Delaware Professio
This information applies to students who enter this degree program during the 2008-2009 Academic Year. If you entered this degree program before the Fall 2008 semester, please refer to the academic catalog for the year you began your degree program.