2024-2025 Graduate & Professional Studies Catalog
Mathematics Education, MAT
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The Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program in Math Education offers students a rigorous course of instruction in teaching Math content in grades 7-12. Upon graduation, the MAT program satisfies the requirements for earning a Pennsylvania Instructional I Certificate and provides students with a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) degree.
Through coursework and a two-semester internship, the MAT program prepares teachers to enact dialogic, student-centered, research-based instruction to teach Math content in grades 7-12. The program also focuses on implementing three pillars: a) centering care and relationality in teaching; b) inviting and honoring diverse ways of knowing; and c) seeking to unsettle and remake unjust system, structures, practices, and norms in today’s schools.
36 credits are required for this program
Accreditations: PA Department of Education accredited
Admissions Requirements:
- 3.0 GPA in undergraduate coursework
EDUCATION COURSE PREREQUISITES
- 3 credits of Foundations of Special Education
- 3 credits of Adolescent Development
EXPERIENCE WORKING WITH CHILDREN PREREQUISITE
- 30 hours of experience working with K-12 children (preferably adolescents). Typical experiences include work at summer camps, tutoring, community involvement, or other volunteer or paid work with children.
- To document experience with children, candidates submit the Hours Documentation Form (PDF) with application materials
MATH COURSE PREREQUISITES
- Completion of a bachelor’s degree with a major in mathematics or a mathematics-related field (e.g. physics, engineering, economics)
- Completion of the college-level Calculus Sequence (Calculus 1,2 & 3, or its equivalent)
- College-level experience in Abstract Algebra, Number Theory, Linear Algebra, Geometry, Probability, and Statistics (single courses may satisfy multiple areas; a portion of a course that substantially addresses one of the areas may also be accepted. In either of these cases, further information (e.g. syllabi, course documents) will be required to make a case for approval).
GPA and Grade requirements: All students enrolled in the MAT in Math Education are required to maintain a grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.0. A student is automatically placed on academic warning if the cumulative GPA, exclusive of transfer credits, falls below 3.000. No student on academic warning is permitted to participate in student teaching, a teaching internship, or an advanced teaching practicum.
Graduation Requirements: Students must complete the 36 credits required by the program plan of study, fulfill all PA Department of Education (PDE) requirements, and obtain the required GPA of 3.00 to meet graduation requirements.
Required Courses (Sample Plan of Studies):
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Summer II
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TLL 2584 (3 cr.)
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Critical Pedagogies and Praxes (in-person)
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TLL 2581 (3 cr.)
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Critical Histories of Education (in-person)
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Fall
- School placement: Mid-August through placement school district’s last day before winter recess
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TLL 2476 (3 cr.)
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Teaching & Learning in Secondary Math 1 (in-person)
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TLL 2874 (3 cr.)
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Teaching & Learning in Secondary Math 2 (in-person)
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TLL 2257 (3 cr.)
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Teaching English Language Learners (online or in-person)
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TLL 2514 (3 cr.)
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Supporting Students with Disabilities in inclusive classrooms (online or in-person)
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TLL 2495 (3 cr.)
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Internship in Math Education (in-person)
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Spring
- School placement: Placement district’s first day back through end of April
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TLL 2583 (3 cr.)
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TLL 2583: Cultures, Knowledge Traditions, and Social Systems of Schooling I (in-person)
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TLL 2515 (3 cr.)
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Supporting Literacies in Inclusive Classrooms (online or in-person)
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TLL 2290 (3 cr.)
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Research Seminar online or in-person)
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TLL 2824 (1 cr.)
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Student Teaching Seminar (in-person)
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TLL 2495 (5 cr.)
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Internship in Math Education (in-person)
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Total credits = 36 credits
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Internship Experience:
During the school year, students complete an internship in a local public school under the supervision of a mentor teacher. Interns observe, analyze, and practice teaching skills in the grade levels and subjects of their mentor teacher.
In the fall term, MAT students spend approximately 20 hours per week working with their mentor teacher. In the summer term, students in the MAT program are in their school sites 30 hours per week, culminating in a two-week take-over of their mentor teacher’s full responsibilities.
Certification Requirements:
Our graduates satisfy the requirements to earn a Pennsylvania Instructional I Certificate and a Master of Arts in Teaching degree by achieving the following:
- Earning a passing score on the PRAXIS II Exam in their content area Teaching Interns must take and pass the Content Knowledge (PRAXIS II) test either the summer before the program or during the first semester of the program in order to obtain their Intern Certificate.
- Completing Stage 3 competencies
- Completing the PA Statewide Evaluation Form for Student Professional Knowledge and Practice (PDE 430); and
- Demonstrating satisfactory performance in courses and the student internship
How is the Comprehensive Requirement Completed? TLL 2290 research seminar capstone project
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