Teaching, MA

Lenoir-Rhyne University’s online Master’s of Art in Teaching (MAT) program provides students the opportunity to earn both a graduate degree and, for students who have earned a non-education undergraduate degree, an opportunity to be licensed as a secondary teacher or certain K-12 teacher licensure areas.  Students gain the skills, training and secondary certification they need to be highly qualified English, math, social studies and science teachers. Students gain a K-12 certification in physical education and music.

The MAT program emphasizes applying theory to best practice.  As a non-cohort program, students can complete the curriculum at their own pace-full time or part-time.  Students are in the classroom observing and working with teachers and administrators, and the program culminates with a semester of full-time student teaching.  This can be completed in the fall or the spring as well as a capstone seminar in which students begin the transition to their own classrooms.  Students must be successful on the Praxis II and edTPA in order to graduate from the program. 

The MAT Program at Lenoir-Rhyne is a fully online program that helps our students in their work/life balance, as 90% of them work full-time while in the program.  It also means that students can complete the program in as little as 12 months

In addition to successfully completing the MAT program of study, candidates must achieve passing scores on the appropriate Praxis II test(s) for their licensure area in order to be eligible for the NC Standard Professional I teaching license.

NOTE: All MAT students must pass the edTPA performance assessment for their respective discipline in order to gain eligibility for NC teacher licensure.

Program Admission Requirements

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