Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT)
Secondary Education
**New Accelerated Model allows candidates to complete coursework in one year, plus 16-week semester of student teaching! Students can select either the traditional model (2.5 years) or accelerated model when applying.**
Program Objectives
The Master of Arts in Teaching: Secondary Education is designed to deliver outstanding teacher preparation. Upon successful completion of degree requirements, candidates are eligible for a Professional Educator License (PEL) with a secondary education endorsement and a content area endorsement from the state of Illinois for grades 9 through 12. (Physical Education grade range is PK through grade 12).
Concordia-Chicago’s program emphasizes the following:
- Development of core competencies in instructional planning, delivery and assessment
- Respect and support for diversity in educational settings
- How to ethically lead learning
- The role of standards within the profession
- The commitment to continuous improvement
- The importance of reflective practice
- The development of collaborative relationships to serve the learning of every student
- The establishment of positive, social-emotional learning cultures
- The development of collaborative relationships to serve the learning of every student
- The importance of reflective practice and culturally responsive teaching
**Program begins in Spring and Fall Only**
Areas of Study
| Course Number | Title | Hours |
| Prerequisites to Professional Courses | ||
| EDUC-6045 | Introduction to Theories of Learning and Cognition | 3 |
| EDUC-6435 | Introduction to Education | 3 |
| 6 | ||
| Professional Courses | ||
| EDSC-6230 | Literacy Instruction for Content Area Classrooms: Middle and Secondary | |
| EDSC-6570 | Teaching Diverse Learners at the Secondary Level | |
| EDUC-6040 | Introduction to Classroom Teaching and Technology for Learning | |
| EDUC-6060 | Classroom Management and Assessment | |
| EDUC-6290 | Characteristics and Instruction of Exceptional Learners | |
| EDUC-6415 | Professional Responsibility and Ethics for Teachers | |
| EDUC-6445 | Introduction to Research: Pre-Service Teachers | |
| Select one of the following courses per chosen concentration: | ||
| EDSC-6602 | Content and Methods for Teaching English at the Middle and Secondary Levels | |
| EDSC-6605 | Content and Methods for Teaching Physical Education at the Middle and Secondary Levels | |
| EDSC-6606 | Content and Methods for Teaching Mathematics at the Middle and Secondary Levels | |
| EDSC-6618 | Content and Methods for Teaching Science at the Middle and Secondary Levels | |
| EDSC-6619 | Content and Methods for Teaching Social Science at the Middle and Secondary Levels | |
| 24 | ||
| Student Teaching Internship | ||
EDUC-6985 | edTPA Seminar and Colloquium | 0 |
| Choose one: | ||
EDUC-6922 | Student Teaching: Secondary Education | 6 |
EDUC-6925 | MAT Capstone* | 3 |
| 3-6 | ||
| Total Credit Hours: | 33-36 |
* An accelerated pathway for eligible teaching candidates that will waiver the traditional, supervised student teaching experience in favor of a MAT Capstone Course where the approved teacher candidate will teach in their own classroom under the guidance of an authorized school official in lieu of the 16-week student teaching internship course. This course for students in the accelerated pathway will be a 3-credit hour course including completion of the Educational Teaching Portfolio Assessment (EdTPA) and a Positive Impact Presentation (PIP) and all other requirements as outlined by ISBE. This course may only be taken with special approval of the Director of Field Experience and the Division Chair.
Concentration Areas & Content Coursework Requirements for MAT - Secondary Education Program Studies
-Requires grades of C or higher in college-level coursework (not remedial) to fulfill content coursework requirements.
-Must be completed at regionally accredited institution(s) of higher education and be documented on official transcript(s).
- English Language Arts *Fully Online*
- 3 semester hours: American Literature
- 3 semester hours: Additional Literature course
- 3 semester hours: Composition or Writing
- 3 semester hours: Communication or Speech
- 6 additional semester hours from required categories above or journalism, grammar, non-print media, literacy, linguistics, or rhetoric.
- Mathematics *Methods Course Meets in Hybrid Format On-Campus*
- 3 semester hours: Calculus I
- 3 semester hours: Calculus II
- 3 semester hours: Linear Algebra
- 3 semester hours: College Geometry (beyond analytical geometry)
- 3 semester hours: Statistics/Probability
- 3 additional semester hours in abstract algebra, history of math, group/ring/number theory or proof, probability, real/complex analysis, or discrete math/computer science (mathematical aspects)
- Science – Biology *Fully Online*
- 9-12 semester hours: Biology (anatomy, bacteriology, biochemistry, biology, botany, embryology, endocrinology, ethology, evolution, genetics, herpetology, microbiology, mycology, ornithology, paleontology, physiology, plant taxonomy, synecology, zoology)
- Additional 6-9 semester hours of science courses (may include chemistry, physics and/or earth and space science) to reach 18 hours
- Social Science *Fully Online*
- 3 semester hours: U.S. History
- 3 semester hours: World History
- 6 semester hours: Additional history coursework
- 6 additional semester hours from required categories above or geography, civics and government, or economics
Clinical Experience (Pre-Professional Hours)
100 hours (all pre-professional hours are embedded in the MAT coursework and must be completed prior to student teaching).
Each course will describe the number of hours required to be completed in classrooms and the nature of the experience that a candidate must complete.
Capstone Experience
Positive Impact Presentation (PIP) on student learning
Teacher Performance Assessment [edTPA]: State-required portfolio, taken during the student teaching semester, is to be passed and submitted to the Illinois State Board of Education prior to licensing (PEL).
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