Teaching

Overview

What Can You Do With an M.A.T.?

Advancing your career. Our students go on to teach across the country and around the world in public schools as well as in charter school, independent schools, non-profits, and related fields.

The Teaching with initial licensure is a 36-credit program at Mount Holyoke College that a full-time student can complete in under 11 months, from August to the following June. Part-time students can complete requirements at their own pace, although they will eventually need to complete the program's capstone: a full-time, semester-long teaching practicum during the spring semester. Coursework for the M.A.T. is delivered in 3 sessions: summer, fall, and spring. Students are expected to maintain a B grade in all courses.

Mount Holyoke College offers licensure at the following levels:

Students in the Early Childhood Licensure program begin the summer session with courses that familiarize them with schools and the children and families they serve through an immersion experience in EL Education. They also consider how technology is used in primary grade classrooms and how it can enhance learning and instruction when used in careful balance with and an active, hands-on curriculum.

Students in the Elementary Licensure program begin the summer session with courses that familiarize them with schools and the children and families they serve through an immersion experience in EL Education. They also consider how technology is used in elementary grade classrooms and how it can enhance learning and instruction when used in careful balance with and an active, hands-on curriculum.

Starting in August, the summer session features an immersion into the EL Education "case study" teaching model. Students will go on group learning expeditions in the field to experience powerful project-based methodologies delivered by EL professionals. Students go on to complete introductory course work about schools and schooling, plus a module on technology in education.

Starting in August, the summer session features an immersion into the EL Education "case study" teaching model. Students will go on group learning expeditions in the field to experience powerful project-based methodologies delivered by EL professionals. Students go on to complete introductory course work about schools and schooling, plus a module on technology in education.