The M.A.T. degree programs are designed to provide the necessary theoretical and practical foundations to prepare candidates for careers in modern teaching and learning practices as schoolteachers. Students will be immersed both in educational theories and methods, and in practice and inquiry, with an intensive field-based clinical practice component in partnering schools. In addition to coursework, students must complete intensive field-based experiences and a year-long clinical practice internship, integrated with coursework activities within area schools. Successful candidates will need to devote a considerable amount of time to meeting the extensive demands of this program.
Program candidates are advised not to accept or engage in any other job, as participants will be required to secure an approved position as a full-time teacher with a public accredited school district in an elementary, middle, or high school classroom. The programs will require candidates to complete 37 semester credit hours within an 18-month timeframe for full-time candidates, summer semester included, and two to three years for part-time candidates, and six (6) units must be completed after one year of fulltime teaching. Throughout the academic school year, candidates attend graduate school as a cohort on the Tougaloo College campus during late afternoon, evenings, and Saturdays.
The M.A.T. degree programs are designed for candidates with a non-education bachelor’s degree with either a major in a content/subject or discipline area (30 semester credit hours) or significant upper level coursework in a single discipline area. All M.A.T. candidates must take at least three of the pre-teaching core courses (EDU 500 , EDU 502 , EDU 505 , and EDU 506 ), in which two must include EDU 502 - Exceptional Learners: Development and Cultural Characteristics and EDU 505 - Theories of Classroom Management and Practice courses, and pass Praxis 1 and Praxis 2 to apply for a three-year provisional Class A license. After completion of one year of teaching and required coursework, candidates may apply for a Class A standard (5 year) license. Upon program completion (graduation), M.A.T. candidates may apply for a Class AA standard license.
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