The Master's Licensure Program in Middle Level Education

General Overview

The Middle Level Teacher Education Program offers a Licensure Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.).  It is designed for individuals who have a bachelor's degree with a minimum of 18 credits in two academic disciplines and who want to become licensed to teach in Vermont and also earn a master's degree.  The basic program fulfills the professional education requirements for state licensure in the area of middle level education (grades 5-9).

Program Entrance Criteria

All applicants to the Middle Level Teacher Education Program must meet the following general entrance criteria:

• A general education background based on those studies known as liberal arts, which embrace the broad areas of the social and behavioral sciences, mathematics, biological and physical sciences, the humanities, and the arts.

• A minimum of 18 credit hours in each of two academic disciplines. (English, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies)
  

• A demonstrated commitment to working with children and young people.

• A minimum overall grade point average of 3.00 in undergraduate coursework and in the academic disciplines.

Click here for a typical course of study for the graduate program.

 

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