Program Overview
College of Education and Behavioral Sciences
General Master's Degree Admission Requirements
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Director: Jingzi (Ginny) Huang, Ph.D.
Location: McKee 216
Telephone: 970.351.2908
Website: www.unco.edu/cebs/teacher-education/
The Secondary Pedagogy M.A.T. - Licensure: Secondary Licensure (Grades 7-12) program provides prospective teachers in secondary English/Language Arts, Social Studies, Math, and Science with the requisite knowledge and ability for obtaining licensure in these areas, as well as both the practical skill necessary to achieve success in their future classrooms and the disposition to critical, research-based reflection associated with continuous professional improvement over the course of a career. The program provides in-depth knowledge of data-driven and practitioner-endorsed classroom practices in each content area, the skills necessary to engage in research and reflection upon one’s own work, and the habits of mind involved in establishing and maintaining collaborative relationships with colleagues and administrators.
The MAT Secondary Pedagogy program consists of 36 semester hours and a Comprehensive Examination. The Comprehensive Examination will stem from students’ work in program classes and field experiences and can take multiple forms, as approved by a student’s advisor and evaluated by a faculty committee.
The Secondary Pedagogy M.A.T. can be licensed in the following areas: English/Language Arts, Social Studies, Math, and Science.
PTEP Program Requirements:
Teacher candidates who complete an approved content degree and the UNC professional teacher education program, as well as pass the appropriate Colorado Department of Education designated PRAXIS exam (if applicable), will be eligible for recommendation from UNC for a Colorado Department of Education teaching license.
If you are seeking licensure in your program area, the following items are required to complete your program.
- Completion of Graduate Application for Initial Admission to PTEP
- Application for Student Teaching
- Successfully pass content specific PRAXIS test prior to Student Teaching
- Candidates may not take extra courses with Student Teaching without prior approval from the Program Coordinator and the STE Director.
- All PTEP Field Experiences and methods courses need to be successfully completed prior to Student Teaching.
- Student Teaching outside the supervision of UNC Faculty may or may not be approved.
- Teacher Candidates will not be placed in a school where they were once students or where they have a close relative attending and/or working.
- Teacher education and educator preparation licensure programs do not accept Professional Teacher Education Program (PTEP) or field based courses that are more than ten years old. PLEASE NOTE: Teacher Candidates have the right to petition this policy at the discretion of the program coordinator.
Please work with your content advisor to determine when these requirements will be completed throughout your program.
*Please note: Federal student loans are not currently available to students who are pursuing a CO state license (initial or additional ) through UNC’s stand-alone, graduate level licensure programs without also being simultaneously enrolled in a Masters or Doctoral degree program.