Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT)
General Information
Schedule
The MAT program begins with a summer session that runs from June 21, 2010 through July 30, 2010. The Brown academic year (2010-2011) begins September 1, 2010. Commencement is Sunday, May 29, 2011. The design of the program makes it necessary for all students to begin the program in June and complete the 12-month sequence.
Housing
During the summer session and academic year, accommodations are available on campus or in private housing near the University. Since lifestyles differ among individuals, it is impossible to make realistic estimates of living expenses during the academic year. For information about both on- and off-campus housing, please visit: http://reslife.brown.edu/graduate_students.
Certification
When students successfully complete the 12-month program, they receive a Master of Arts in Teaching degree. After taking the required Praxis II: Professional Assessments for Beginning Teachers test(s), students are eligible for a Certificate of Eligibility for Employment from the State of Rhode Island.
Rhode Island has Interstate Certification Compact (ICC) approval, allowing graduates reciprocal certification without transcript evaluation in 44 states. Graduates of the program may be eligible for teacher certification by transcript evaluation in the states that are not ICC members.
After Brown
Brown's Career Development Center , in consultation with the Education Department, offers support to MAT candidates in designing a job search. Individual advice and counsel as well as workshops on resume writing, interviewing techniques, professional portfolios and job search strategies are available from the Career Development Center and from the Education Department staff and faculty. Job listings and on-campus interview opportunities are also available to teacher education candidates.
Legal Statements
Brown University does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, color, religion, handicap, status as a veteran, national or ethnic origin, or sexual orientation in the administration of its educational policies, admission policies, scholarship and loan programs, or other school-administered programs. In general, the University affirms that admission to and employment at the University are based on individual merit and performance and not on personal convictions, preferences, or happenstance of birth unrelated to academic or job performance.
TITLE II: It is required of each teacher education program that receives funding from the federal government, such as work study grants, that it make public the results of the professional test given to each completer. Brown University’s teacher education program had a 97% pass rate in the year 2008.