MAT ADVISING

Spring 2014www.uca.edu/mat

MAT LISTSERV

• Go to http://list.uca.edu/mailman/listinfo/mat

• Fill in your information (your preferred email) in the Subscribing to MAT section

• Hit “Submit”• When you get your confirmation email, please

hit “reply” and “send.” You don’t have to enter anything. Just open a reply box and hit send

Check the MAT Websitewww.uca.edu/mat

• You are responsible for the program requirements posted on the website.

• Your attendance at this meeting or viewing of this screencast indicates that you understand this requirement.

• Notice MAT Important Information Contract Maintain 3.0 or better GPA All classes finished before internship

UCA Email

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UCA MAT Program

Course Selection

• Summer and Fall 2014 schedules available on-line

• Check for “special notes” before enrolling in courses

Course Selection

www.uca.edu/teaching

and/or

www.uca.edu/schedule

• MAT 5310 and 5320 Prerequisites to all other

courses.• MAT 6312

Child Development Take ASTL 6380 first.

• MAT 6311 Assessment Take ASTL 6380 first.

• MAT 6310 (Diversity) Take MAT 6338/MAT

6302 and MAT 6311 first. Enroll in semester before

internship.• MAT 6338 & MAT 6374

will never again be offered after summer 2014

Course Selection

Summer 2014

• ART 5360 – Art• ART 5361 – Art• BIOL 6395 - Science• ITEC 6368 – Biz Tech• HIST 6310 - SS• WLAN 5325 –

Foreign Languages

Fall 2014

• ENGL 5358 – English• FACS 6300 - FACS• ITEC 6368 – Biz Tech• MATH 5300 – Math• MATH 6380 – Math• WLAN 5315 – Foreign

Languages• WLAN 5325 – Foreign

Languages

Content Elective Courses (7-12 Licenses)

On-Line Classes

• Asynchronous vs. Synchronous• Check Blackboard BEFORE the first day of

classes.• You may have an assignment due on the first

day of classes.• Some on-line classes have chat sessions and on-

campus meetings – Check the schedule.

www.uca.edu/schedule

Summer

• MAT 5390: Practicum For MAT students who

have provisional licenses or who are teaching at a private or charter school only and who have been the teacher of record in the classroom for the last semester

Fall

• MAT 5390: Practicum REQUIRED orientation

meeting – check schedule

• MAT 6699: Internship

REQUIRED orientation meeting – check schedule

Check UCA e-mail for assignment

Field Experiences

Important Dates for Internship Placement

• Thursday, April 3 at 6 PM in Mashburn 103 For those needing Fall '14 placement

• Thursday, Apr 17 4:30pm Placement forms due! [See MAT website.] If you’re not sure, submit the forms and

withdraw if hired.

Background Check

• Student Connect - Cost is $10. • Forms available• Submit payment AFTER you receive an e-

mail from Student Connect. • Be sure to check SPAM folder • These MUST be completed before ANY field.

Petition for Candidacy

Completed after 9 hours in the program

Program Changes

• Significant Praxis test changes for fall.

• Keep your eye on the listserv.

PRAXIS – ETS Website

http://www.ets.org/praxis/ar/requirements

Praxis I pass by end of your first semester

Praxis II CONTENT pass before internship or prior to applying for provisional

Praxis II PEDAGOGY (Principles of Learning and Teaching)

take during internship or immediately prior to internship

Praxis

“Praxis I”

“Praxis II”

• “Old” tests (5710, 5720, and 5730) honored until September 2016 (if the test was taken prior to Sept 1, 2013). You may continue to take the PPST for admission. There will be no time limit for retaking and using the PPST in this case.

• Any student who has taken the PPST (and passed) in September or October 2013 may use the test for admission. If you did take/pass only SOME the "old" PPST test in Sept or October, those tests will be honored, but any new tests you take must be the "Core" required Praxis tests.

Praxis Changes – Praxis I

Old Test New Test

New Test #

Score

5141 (5142)

English 5047 164

5141 (5143)

Math 5169 165

5141 (5144)

Social Studies

0439 146

5141 (5145)

Science 5089 149

• If you took and passed the “old” test (5141), those scores will be honored until September 2016 (if the test was taken prior to Sept 1, 2013).

• If you took and passed only one or more of the subtests for test 5141 (prior to Sept 1, 2013), you may continue to take the subtests for the non-passed areas until September 1, 2014.

Praxis ChangesPraxis II – Middle School

• Effective Sept. 1, the State Board of Education has approved the use of the Principles of Learning and Teaching exam in place of the subject specific pedagogy exams for all secondary content areas except for World Languages.

Praxis ChangesPraxis II – Pedagogy

Register ASAP!

Register on the first day that you are allowed. Some classes will fill up quickly!

Q-ZMonday, Mar 31

A-HTuesday,

Apr 1

I-PWednesday,

Apr 2

If a class is full and you REALLY need it, call or email Laura Kendrick and ask to be put on the WAIT-LIST

laurak@uca.edu