Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) — Health and/or Physical Education P-12

This program is primarily designed to provide individuals who have earned an undergraduate degree in an academic area related to Health and/or Physical Education and who may have work experience in that field with an opportunity to earn a teaching certificate while working on a master's degree.

Admission Requirements

Submit an application for Graduate Study, official transcripts test scores ACT 21 or GRE 750 or Pass specialty area required PRAXIS exam(s) to Enrollment Services and Undergraduate cumulative GPA of at least 2.75 on a 4.0 scale or an earned graduate GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale (minimum of nine credit hours), or an admission index (GRE verbal + GRE Qualitative) x Undergraduate GPA of at least 2050.
Complete and submit an MAT Application (including copy of transcripts and test scores) to the MAT Office.
Complete an entrance interview with an MAT advisor.
Baccalaureate degree must be from an accredited institution and may be a major in the content area or a related content area; or when there is a concentration of coursework in the major or the content area faculty or chair may review and approve.
Documentation of work experience in the field, when appropriate.

Eligibility to enroll in coursework

Candidates may enroll in classes required for the Master of Arts in Teaching Health and/or Physical Education Program when they have fulfilled all of the admission requirements.

Eligibility to Continue in the Program

The following conditions must be met to determine eligibility to continue taking courses for credit toward the MAT degree:

Successfully completed all required PRAXIS content area exams.
Achieved and maintained a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.

Each candidate's transcript will be reviewed when:

Track A candidates (under contract in public school) complete two semesters of coursework and

Track B candidates (not under contract in a public school) complete 12 credit hours of coursework.

Exit Requirements

Candidates must:

Have maintained a cumulative GPA of 3.0; no credit is awarded when the grade earned is below a "C".
Successfully complete the Supervised Teaching Experience courses (EDUC 650 and 651).
Pass the Praxis Specialty area exam(s) in the content major prior to the KTIP experience. Students must pass the Principles of Teaching and Learning exam (PLT) and the Praxis Specialty exams for degree completion.
Successfully complete program-required portfolio (EDUC 650 and EDUC 651).
Students must file an application for degree completion in the Graduate Office, no later than the beginning of the semester during which they plan to complete all degree requirements.

Other Program Procedures and Requirements

Once accepted into the MAT program candidates seeking employment in a public/private school may secure, along with the school district and the MSU Master of Arts in Teaching Program, a Temporary Provisional Certificate. Candidates may accomplish this with the completion of a TC-TP form available at the school system where employment is desired. The candidate completes pages 1 and 3 and then must obtain signatures of the school district superintendent and the MST MAT Coordinator. Finally the form must be submitted to the Education Professional Standards Board.
Candidates who are not employed as full-time teachers must be available for supervised student teaching in a public school for a minimum of two semesters.
No credit will be given toward completion of required coursework for any MAT Program for correspondence courses.
Candidates who fall below a 3.0 GPA will be placed on probation. Candidates on probation will be allowed to repeat MAT required courses or to take graduate courses that do not count for credit in the MAT Program to raise their GPA to a 3.0. If after that semester candidates fail to achieve a 3.0 GPA they will be dropped from the MAT Program.
Candidates employed via Temporary Provisional Certification whose employment is terminated by the employing district for unethical practices will be suspended from the MAT Program until the Education Professional Standards Board (EPSB) rules on the district's allegation. When a decision is rendered, the candidate will either be expelled from or reinstated in the program, based on EPSB's decision.

Program Entrance and Design Interview

The selection of course requirements will occur in conjunction with the applicant/student, Coordinator of the MAT Programs, and the academic department chair or designee of the chair of the Health, Wellness, and Human Performance Department in the College of Science & Technology. During this meeting an agreement will be reached about the course work the student must complete to fulfill the MAT Program requirements (Prerequisites, Professional Education, Required Supervised Teaching and Content Area Studies). At the end of this meeting the written check sheet will be produced and must be signed by the student and the attending content and content area representative.

	Sem. Hrs.
Professional Education	17-18
EDF 610 - Advanced Human Growth and Development	3
EDF 611 - Adolescent Development or
EDEL 640 - Contemporary Inst. Practices P-9 or
EDSE 633 - Effective Classroom Instruction	3
PHED 612 - Program Design, Implementation, and Assessment	3
(Required)
HPS 610 - Readings and Seminar or
EDEL 677 - Reading in the Content Area	3
EDUC 652 - Applied Classroom Practice Modules I (required)	2
EDUC 653 - Applied Classroom Practice Modules II	1
(required when recommended by MSU Supervisor)
*EDSP 601 - Survey of Exceptional Children or EDF 680 - History and Philosophy of Education	3
Total Hours	17 - 18

*This course is required when student has not successfully completed at least one course in the area of Special Education. The need to take this course will be determined at the Program Entrance and Design Interview.

Supervised Clinical Practice	12
EDUC 650 - Supervised Practice in Stud. Teaching I	6
EDUC 651 - Supervised Practice in Stud. Teaching II	6
Total Hours	12
Content Area	6
Total Hours Required	35-36

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