Master of Arts in Teaching K-5
This five to six semester program (approved by the Tennessee Department of Education and the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation CAEP) is composed of 30 hours of course work and six hours of clinical practice (student teaching). A 30-hour, non-licensure option without clinical practice (student teaching) is available; however, this option does not qualify as full completion of the teacher education program.
Job-Embedded Practitioners License: Candidates who accept employment for full-time teaching on a job-embedded practitioner license while enrolled in the MAT program are achieving teacher licensure through an alternative process and must participate in a mentoring plan as required by the Tennessee State Department of Education. To meet this requirement, 10 months of successful teaching coupled with mentoring is required in lieu of the traditional one semester of clinical practice (student teaching). As stated in the Nashville Area Alternative Licensure Consortium plan, mentoring is to be jointly provided by the employing school district and by the respective university during the time that the candidate is enrolled. Trevecca will assign a mentor to work with the candidate. The role of the mentor is to coach and assist the candidate; the mentor does not serve as an evaluator of the candidate's progress. The candidate will attend seminars and other professional development provided by the School of Education as part of the alternative license process. To be eligible, candidates must pass his or her Praxis II: Content Knowledge exam for his or her respective content area.
The MAT summer class sessions are accelerated and intensive. Candidates can earn three credit hours over the course of a three-week period. Therefore, it is imperative that all candidates be present for the entirety of each class. There will be a reduction of one letter grade for any candidate who is absent for three hours. Any absence from a summer class that exceeds three hours may result in disenrollment from the course.
Program of Study MAT K-5
Core Courses
| TMA 6604 | Curriculum and Technological Design I | 3 |
| TMA 6606 | Curriculum and Technological Design II | 3 |
| TMA 5510 | Psychological Foundations of Learning | 3 |
| TMA 5520 | Assessment for Excellence | 3 |
| TMA 6510 | Classroom Organization and Management for Educators in Diverse Settings (K-5) | 3 |
| TMA 6680 | Teaching the Exceptional Learner | 3 |
Major Courses
TMA 6610, TMA 6620, TMA 6630, and TMA 6640: Includes a required field experience. Field experiences and clinical practice provide evidence that students are learning when being taught by candidates.
Total Credit Hours: 36