Austin Teacher Program
Five Year MAT Program (with 4.5 year option)
The Education department at Austin College is committed to preparing the next generation of teacher leaders. This five-year Master of Arts program allows students to receive their BA degree in any of the liberal arts majors or minors offered by Austin College and continue their studies with graduate education courses, resulting in both a Master’s degree and a teaching certification. This highly respected program, known for preparing educational leaders, gives students hands-on experience in local classrooms as early as their freshman year and continues through the last course.
What will you learn?
- Classroom management! Students learn how to effectively work with children in a seven-week teaching placement by building relationships through a Love and Logic framework.
- Putting it all together! Dr. Julia Shahid and Dr. Sandy Philipose’s “Learner, Teacher, & Curriculum”, the final undergraduate course in the ATP series, teaches students how to successfully fuse instructional planning, classroom management, and effective teaching practices into their nine-week teaching placement.
- Reading and writing across the curriculum! In “Development of Literacy,” students understand that reading and writing is not limited to the English classroom and learn how to implement literacy into each academic discipline.
- Engage students through Thinking Camps! Dr. Julia Shahid’s annual “Thinking Camp” gives graduate students an opportunity to work with area students in a two-week summer integrated social studies and science program. The 2018 Thinking Camp will focus on The Built Environment: Then and Now!
- Intentional leadership development! All education students will participate in the new LEAP (Leadership Education through Application and Pedagogy) program. Professors will integrate leadership opportunities to develop skills such as communication, how to effectively work in professional learning communities, problem-solving, and addressing diversity.
Meet the Education Faculty and Staff ...
- Julia Shahid, Associate Professor of Education; Education Program; Director of Teacher Certification, investigates effective teaching practices intent on taking theory into practice that makes a difference for Austin College students and their students.
- Sandy Philipose, Chair, Associate Professor of Education, committed to empowering educators to be advocates for all children.
- Tamra Dollar, Visiting Assistant Professor of Education
- Christy Nolen, Adjunct Instructor in Education
- Terry Stone, Adjunct Instructor in Education
- Mollie Colvin, Administrative Assistant
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Meet Our Alumni
Program Details
- See the Education Minor Checklist
- See the Teacher Education Courses
- See the Austin College Bulletin
- Contingency Admission to ATP