Master of Arts in Teaching 6-12
This five to six semester program (approved by the Tennessee Department of Education and the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education) is composed of 30 hours of coursework 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 Practitioner's License: Candidates who accept employment for full-time teaching on a job-embedded practitioner's license while enrolled in the MAT program are achieving teacher licensure through an alternative licensure 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 supported on job-embedded license, candidate must achieve passing score on the Praxis II: Content Knowledge exam for his or her content area or have a qualifying undergraduate degree in the content area as specified by Tennessee DOE licensure guidelines.
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 6-12
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 6521 | Managing Classroom Environments for the 6-12 Educator | 3 |
| TMA 6680 | Teaching the Exceptional Learner | 3 |
Major Courses
| TMA 6400 | Secondary Course Design | 3 |
| TMA 6625 | Reading and Writing in the Content Area | 3 |
| TMA 6635 | Methods and Tools for Secondary Teachers | 3 |
| TMA 6695 | Excellence in the Content Area | 3 |
| TMA 6665 | Student Teaching and Seminar 6-12 | 6 |
| OR | |
| TMA 6760 | Job Embedded Seminar I | 3 |
| TMA 6761 | Job Embedded Seminar II | 3 |
TMA 6625, TMA 6635, and TMA 6695: 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