Program Overview

Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) in Education, concentration in Physical and Health Education Teacher Education

Description

The Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) in Education with a concentration in physical and health education teacher education (PHETE) leads to an initial Virginia licensure to teach physical and health education PK-12, as a continuation of the undergraduate physical and health education teacher education (PHETE) program. This Program is only open to students who have an undergraduate degree in Physical and Health Education or a related field. Additional undergraduate coursework may be required for students to be eligible for Virginia state licensure. A listing of the undergraduate courses may be found in the current JMU Undergraduate Catalog.

To be fully admitted to the fifth-year M.A.T. program, students must have completed the following requirements:

• Satisfy all requirements for admission to the teacher education program.
• Satisfy all requirements for admission to The Graduate School.
• Successful completion of alternative criteria to the GRE, including:
• Possess a GPA of 3.0 or better in the last four semesters of undergraduate course work.
• Display certain personal qualities and dispositions of a professional educator as determined by program faculty.
• Demonstrate appropriate professional development reflective of a quality teacher candidate as assessed by program faculty.
• Demonstrate competence in classroom management and a satisfactory level of teaching ability through video analysis and practicum experience.
• Demonstrate quality planning, effective teaching skills and a demonstration of student learning through a reflective teaching project.