Master of Arts in Teaching Flexible Schedule (MAT Flex) Program

   With Pacific’s Master of Arts in Teaching Flex program, you will fulfill all the requirements for the Oregon Initial Teaching License while you earn your Master’s degree. Classes are held in the evenings and on the occasional Saturday, a convenience for those who wish to work and go to school. You may enter the Flex program on the Forest Grove campus in January or on the Eugene campus in late August. This cohort program takes 16 months to complete.

   You will earn two of the following authorization levels: early childhood education (age 3 through grade 4), elementary education (grades 3 through 8), middle school (grades 5 through 10), and high school (grades 7 through 12). If you select middle or high school authorizations, your endorsement area options include art, business (high school only), drama, French, German, Japanese, Spanish, Russian, health, language arts, math (basic and advanced), music, physical education, science (biology, chemistry, physics, and integrated science), and social studies.

   To be admitted into the MAT Flex program, you must pass one of the basic skills tests: CBEST or Praxis I - PPST. In addition, you must pass the appropriate subject area tests required for your authorization and/or endorsements.

Admissions: How to prepare, how to apply, important dates

   The earlier you submit your application, the better the possibility of acceptance. Because the College of Education reviews applications on a rolling basis, well-qualified applicants may be immediately admitted.

As an applicant you must document the following:

Our Admissions Committee considers many factors:

Handbook

Forest Grove MAT Flex Handbookpdf

Curriculum

Section The Foundation Block - All Authorizations Credit Hrs
EDUC-305G Learning Communities: Personal Awareness and Diversity
3
EDUC-570 School and Society
2
EDUC-561 Advanced Human Development & Psychology
4
EDUC-537 Technology Across the Curriculum
2
EDUC-601 Teachers as Consumers of Research
2
  The Methods Block - Early Childhood Education Authorization    
EDUC-431G Integrated Methods I: General Methods
2
EDUC-508 Integrated Methods II: Reading & Language Arts in ECE
4
EDUC-543 Integrated Methods III: Math, Science, and Health in ECE/Elem
4
EDUC-510 Integrated Methods IV: Expressive Arts in ECE
2
  The Methods Block - Elementary Education Authorization    
EDUC-431G Integrated Methods I: General Methods
2
EDUC-544 Integrated Methods II: Reading & Language Arts in Elementary
4
EDUC-543 Integrated Methods III: Math, Science, and Health in ECE/Elem
4
EDUC-545 Thematic Teaching Through Social Studies & Arts
2
  The Methods Block - Middle School and High School Authorizations  
EDUC-326G Teaching and Assessment in the Middle and High School
3
EDUC-541 Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum
2
EDUC-567 Curriculum Design: Middle and High School
2
  Special Methods (in appropriate content area)  
EDUC-502 Teaching Art in the Middle School and High School
3
EDUC-503 Teaching Music in the Middle School and High School
3
EDUC-536 Teaching Health in the Middle School and High School
3
EDUC-538 Teaching Science in the Middle School and High School
3
EDUC-539 Teaching PE in the Middle School and High School
3
EDUC-546 Teaching Business in the High School
3
EDUC-547 Teaching Foreign Language in the Middle School and High School
3
EDUC-549 Teaching Mathematics in the Middle School and High School
3
EDUC-551 Teaching Social Studies in the Middle School and High School
3
EDUC-552 Teaching Language Arts in the Middle School and High School
3
EDUC-553 Teaching Drama in the Middle School and High School
3
  The Applications Block - All Authorizations  
EDUC-576 Learning Communities III: Reflection and Practice
2
EDUC-575 Student Teaching
15

For More Information

Contact Person (Eugene): Shelley Smolnisky, Assistant Dean, Eugene Campus
Email: smolniskys@pacificu.edu
Phone: 541-485-6812

Contact Person (Forest Grove): Debbie Wintermute, Assistant Dean
Email: wintermute@pacificu.edu
Phone: 503-352-2783