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Curriculum and Teaching

Academic Programs: Graduate
Dual Certification Graduate Master of Arts in Teaching:
Subject Area (P-12) and Teacher of Students with Disabilities

Coordinator: Elaine Fine
Office: University Hall, Room 2119
Phone: (973) 655-7361
Email: finee@mail.montclair.edu

Department Administrator: Susan Hagen
Office: University Hall, Room 2125
Phone: (973) 655-6908
Email: hagens@mail.montclair.edu

Overview

The Master of Arts in Teaching Program in Subject Area and Teacher of Students with Disabilities is a 48-51 credit program designed to provide graduate students with a master's degree as well as dual certification: initial certification to teach in a subject area (P-12) and certification to teach students with disabilities in those settings. Students who apply to this program must hold a bachelor's degree, complete the Graduate School Application, and meet Graduate School requirements.

Requirements:

Required Courses
Number Name Hours
CURR 505 Teaching, Democracy, and Schooling 3
CURR 509 Sociocultural Perspectives on Teaching and Learning 3
CURR 516 Meeting the Needs of English Language Learners 1
READ 501 Techniques of Reading Improvement in the Secondary School 3
SPED 568 Instructional Planning for Students with Disabilities in Inclusive Settings II 3
SPED 579 Special Education for Students with Disabilities 3
SPED 584 Assessment and Evaluation in the Inclusive Classroom 2
SPED 585 Technology for Inclusive Classrooms 2
SPED 586 Transition Services for Students with Disabilities 3
SPED 588 Promoting Prosocial Behaviors in Inclusive Settings 2
SPED 591 Teaching Organization and Study Skills for the Inclusive Classroom 2
  Subject area graduate course (500 level) 3
 
Professional Year
First Semester
  Subject Area Department Methods course 3-6
CURR 526 Teaching for Learning I (co-requisite with CURR 527) 3
CURR 527 Fieldwork (co-requisite with CURR 526) 3
 
Second Semester
CURR 529 Student Teaching 6
CURR 543 Teaching for Learning II 3
 
PROGRAM TOTAL: 48-51 credits

Additional Requirements for State Certification
The following additional requirements must be met prior to student teaching. Upon admission to the MAT Dual Certification program, the student's submitted transcripts are evaluated to determine if any of these requirements have been fulfilled by previous coursework. In such cases, the requirement(s) appear on the degree audit as being waived.
  • SPCM 101 Fundamentals of Speech: Communication Requirement OR
    Speech Challenge Exam OR
    Documented & approved experience

  • Physiology & Hygiene - free test at county office of education OR
    BIOL/HLTH course

  • ELRS 580 Learning Theories OR
    FCST 515 Child Development II: Adolescence OR
    PSYC 560 Advanced Educational Psychology