Your Teacher Education Experience

  • Five locations of study: San Francisco, Sacramento, Santa Rosathe South Bay, and the East Bay.
  • Personalized experience in an inclusive, diverse community with small classes.
  • Dedicated, expert faculty with backgrounds in classroom teaching and a variety of specializations.
  • Integration of academic coursework and field experience in local schools.
  • Vision that emphasizes humanizing relationships, democratic participation, and critical inquiry.

About the Program

Our course sequence in the MAT program focuses on curriculum. Classroom teachers constantly make crucial decisions about curriculum, instruction, and assessment. To be thoughtful decision makers, they need to gain a historical perspective on the conflicting movements — and the politics behind them — that have shaped curriculum in K-12 schools. They need to think about how their own curricular units and lessons represent different views of what students should know and be able to do. New teachers need a carefully structured experience as they learn to design units and lessons that will address the diverse needs and interests of their students.

Classes are offered Monday – Thursday evenings and on some Saturdays. Student teaching begins in the second semester and usually requires two days a week of in-class time in the second semester and five days a week of in-class time in the third semester.

 

San Francisco Campus Course Schedule (Subject to Change)

  • Multiple Subjects (MS)

    • Teaching, Learning, and Technology (2)
    • Learning and Teaching (3)
    • MS C&I Early Literacy (3)
    • Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice (3)
    • Education of Exceptional Children (3)

    Single Subject (SS): Fall

    • Teaching, Learning, and Technology (2)
    • Learning and Teaching (3)
    • SS C&I: Math, Science, Social Science, or English (3)
    • Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice (3)
    • Education of Exceptional Children (3)

    Single Subject (SS): Spring

    • Teaching, Learning, and Technology (2)
    • Learning and Teaching (3)
    • Teaching Adolescents (3)
    • Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice (3)
    • Education of Exceptional Children (3)

    Bilingual Authorization

    • Language & Culture of Emphasis (2) Fall only
    • Methods/Materials in Language of Emphasis (2) Spring only
  • Multiple Subjects (MS)

    • MS C&I: Reading and Language Arts-Int. (3)
    • Education of Bilingual Children (3)
    • MS C&I: Social Studies (2)
    • MS C&I: Math and Science (4)
    • MS Student Teaching I (2)
    • MS C&I: Visual and Performing Arts (1)

    Single Subject (SS): Spring        

    • SS C&I: Academic Literacy (3)
    • Teaching Adolescents (3)
    • Education of Bilingual Children (3)
    • SS Student Teaching I (2)
    • SS C&I II: Math, Science, Social Science, or English (2)

    Single Subject (SS): Fall

    • SS C&I: Academic Literacy (3)
    • SS C&I I: Math, Science, Social Science, or English (3)
    • Education of Bilingual Children (3)
    • SS Student Teaching I (2)

    Bilingual Authorization

    • Language & Culture of Emphasis (2) Fall only
    • Methods/Materials in Language of Emphasis (2) Spring only
  • Multiple Subjects (MS)

    • Health Education (1)
    • Multiple Subject Student Teaching II (3)
    • Multiple Subject Student Teaching III (3)

    Single Subject (SS): Fall

    • SS Student Teaching II (3)
    • SS Student Teaching III (3)
    • Health Education (1)
    • SS C&I II: Math, Science, Social Science, or English (2)

    Single Subject (SS): Spring

    • SS Student Teaching II (3)
    • SS Student Teaching III (3)
    • Health Education (1)
    • Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT): + 6 units
    • Master of Arts in Teaching Reading (MATR): +14 units
    • Master of Arts in Educational Technology: +15 units
    • Master of Arts in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL): +15 units
    • Master of Arts Teaching Concentration in Catholic Education (CST): +9 units
    • Master of Arts in Urban Education and Social Justice (UESJ): +6 units

Course Schedule at Additional Locations (Subject to Change)

  • First Financial Aid Award Year
    Multiple Subject Track (42 Units) Single Subject Track (40 Units)
    Fall | 8 Credits Fall | 8 Credits
    Teaching for Diversity & Social Justice (3) Teaching for Diversity & Social Justice (3)
    Teaching, Learning, & Technology (2) Teaching, Learning, & Technology (2)
    Education of Bilingual Children (3) Education of Bilingual Children (3)
    Spring | 12 Credits Spring | 12 Credits
    Learning and Teaching (3) Learning and Teaching (3)
    Education of Exceptional Children (3) Education of Exceptional Children (3)
    MS C&I: Science (2) Academic Literacy (3)
    MS C&I: Math/PE (2) Teaching  Adolescents (3)
    MS C&I: Social Studies (2)  
    Summer | 9 Credits Summer | 8 Credits
    Health Education (1) Health Education (1)
    Early Literacy (3) SS C&I Content Areas (5)
    MS C&I: Reading/Language Arts (3) SS Student Teaching I (2)
    MS Student Teaching I (2)  

    Students pursuing optional Bilingual Authorization in Spanish will complete two additional courses during their first year in the program: Language & Culture of Emphasis (2 units) and Methods/Materials in Language of Emphasis (2 units).

    Second Financial Aid Award Year
    Fall | 7 Credits Fall | 6 Credits
    MS Student Teaching II (3) SS Student Teaching II (3)
    MS Student Teaching III (3) or MS Student Teaching III Bilingual Auth (3) SS Student Teaching III (3) OR SS Student Teaching III Bilingual Auth (3)
    MS C&I: Visual & Performing Arts (1)  
    Spring | 6 Credits Spring | 6 Credits
    Curriculum: Currents and Controversies (3) Curriculum: Currents and Controversies (3)
    Curriculum Development & Design (3) Curriculum Development & Design (3)

     

  • First Financial Aid Award Year
    Multiple Subject Track (42 Units) Single Subject Track (40 Units)
    Spring | 8 Credits Spring | 8 Credits
    Education of Bilingual Children (3) Education of Bilingual Children (3)
    Teaching for Diversity & Social Justice (3) Teaching for Diversity & Social Justice (3)
    Teaching, Learning, & Technology (2) Teaching, Learning, & Technology (2)
    Summer | 12 Credits Summer | 12 Credits
    Learning & Teaching (3) Learning & Teaching (3)
    Education of Exceptional Children (3) Education of Exceptional Children (3)
    MS C&I: Math/PE (2) Teaching Adolescents (3)
    MS C&I: Science (2) SS C&I: Academic Literacy (3)
    Fall | 11 Credits Fall | 8 Credits
    Health Education (1) Student Teaching I (2)
    MS C&I: Early Literacy (3) SS C&I: Academic Content Areas (5)
    MS Student Teaching I (2) Health Education (1)
    MS C&I: Science (2)  
    MS C&I: Reading/Language Arts (3)  

    Students pursuing optional Bilingual Authorization in Spanish will complete two additional courses during their first year in the program: Language & Culture of Emphasis (2 units) and Methods/Materials in Language of Emphasis (2 units).

    Second Financial Aid Award Year
    Spring | 7 Credits Spring | 6 Credits
    MS Student Teaching II (3) SS Student Teaching II (3)
    MS Student Teaching III (3) SS Student Teaching III (3)
    MS C&I: Visual/Performing Arts (1)  
    Summer | 6 Credits Summer | 6 Credits
    Curriculum: Currents & Controversies (3)    Curriculum: Currents & Controversies (3)
    Curriculum Development & Design (3) Curriculum Development & Design (3)

     

I was able to take what I learned and experienced during my student teaching, and put it into large and thorough projects that were authentically mine. I was encouraged to explore topics that were of genuine interest to me, but also ones that would have a direct impact on my teaching."

Matthew Wohl '18