Master of Arts in Teaching, Elementary Education

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Level: Masters
Language: English
Category: K-12 Education

Description

The Master of Arts in Teaching degree is a robust blend of competency-based learning and assessment across five areas of focus: Foundations of Teaching, Effective Teaching Practices, Demonstration Teaching, Research Fundamentals, and an elective area of the student's choice.It is designed in particular for adults with a variety of backgrounds who have experience in the work place (either in an education setting or out of it) and are now feeling a call to teach. Successful candidates include paraprofessionals, long-term substitute teachers, retired civil servants, retired military troops, emergency-credentialed or intern teachers in need of teacher licensure, and all career-changers who are committed to the classroom life of K-8 students and want to be an instrument in helping children achieve.This program will allow you to: --Become a licensed K-8 teacher with all the benefits that come with that position, including entering the profession at the master's-level salary step. --Observe a large variety of virtual classrooms where exemplary teaching is being practiced without ever leaving home. --Learn how to work in a school environment where standards-based curricula is emphasized. --Be in compliance with the "highly qualified teacher" requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act. --Gain the ability to conduct action research in your own classroom. --Connect with colleagues all across the country who share your same goals. --Hold a portable teaching certificate you can take with you to multiple states.

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Questionable
June 23, 2008
I have completed 1.5 years with WGU (MA in Educational Studies) My first mentor was wonderful and definately worth his Phd. However my next mentor was pathetic and I requested a change. My current mentor makes me wonder about his credentials to say the least. Yes the school is nationally, ...

My Experience
May 5, 2008
I am currently a student. So far the experience has been sometimes great, sometimes frustrating. However, the degree program is delivering the content I expect from a teacher's college. I have spoken to many new graduates of teacher's colleges at the school I work at; all of them tell me ...

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