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The Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) at Pfeiffer University equips students with the knowledge, skills, and disposition they need to seek professional licensure as elementary, special education, health and physical education, or secondary teachers. Trained as servant leaders who recognize the work of the teacher as professional, MAT graduates are informed in the discipline of teaching, the nature of learners, and learning.
MAT students are prepared in four domains based on the work of Charlotte Danielson:
- Planning and Preparation
- Establishing a Respectful Environment
- Instructing Effectively
- Professional Responsibilities
Program Overview
Embrace a service-oriented, professional approach to educational instruction that will impact students for years to come.
36 credit hours
IIncludes two phases and leads to recommendations for North Carolina licensure at the end of the initial phase.
Education-General Curriculum or Elementary Education.
Features clinical experience
Areas of focus:
- Elementary Education
- (K–6) Special Education: General Curriculum (K–12)
- Health and Physical Education (K-12)
- Secondary English
- Secondary Mathematics
- Secondary Science
- Secondary Social Studies
- lementary Education (K–6)
- Special Education (General Curriculum K–12)
Program Highlights
Prepares students for initial educator licensure in North Carolina in elementary education, special education: general curriculum, health and physical education, and secondary education (English, mathematics, science, & social studies)
Clinical experiences integrated into program courses help students put theory into practice immediately
Students learn from seasoned practitioners who are experts in their fields and have also maintained a connection to the K-12 classroom
Professional Core Coursework (12 SH)
Development and Learning (3 SH)
Diversity and Exceptionalities (3 SH)
Matching Instruction to Student Needs (2 SH)
Assessment of Students with Diverse Needs (2 SH)
Research and Practice in Social-Emotional Learning (2 SH)
Specialty Area Coursework (12 SH)
Mathematics-Curriculum, Instruction, Assessment
Integrating the Curriculum
Teaching 21st Century Literacy in the Multicultural Classroom
Technology for the 21st Century Classroom
Research and Practice in Secondary Education
Collaboration and Instructional Delivery in SPED
Research and Practice in Elementary Health and Physical Education
Research and Practice in Secondary Health and Physical Education
Internship in Elementary Education
Internship in Special Education
Internship in Health and Physical Education
Internship in Secondary Education Foundations of Teaching Practice
Advanced Licensure Coursework (12 SH)
Research and Assessment (3 SH)
Instructional Leadership in Diverse Settings (3 SH)
Master’s Project (3 SH)
Clinical Experience and Seminar (3 SH)