Willamette University School of Education

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Willamette University School of Education

Established: 1996
Type: Private
Dean: P. Maureen Musser (director)
Staff: 10
Students: 250
Location: Salem, Oregon, USA
Campus: Urban
Website: www.willamette.edu/mat/

Willamette University School of Education is a master’s degree granting program at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, United States. The school offers a master of arts in teaching degree and runs the Center for Excellence in Teaching program, or CET.[1] These programs have a total enrollment of 250 students.

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[edit] Center for Excellence in Teaching

The CET program began in 1999 and offers graduate level courses for teaching professionals.[2] These courses are designed to provide class work needed for teachers attempting to earn their Continuing Teaching License, earn a reading endorsement towards Teachers Standards and Practices Commission (TSPC) requirements, an English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) endorsement, and other professional courses for teachers and administrators.[2] Additionally, the school offers the New Directions in Educational Leadership designed for school administrators to obtain licensing.[3]

[edit] MAT

Willamette’s Master of Arts in Teaching program has both a full-time and part-time option.[4] Within these programs, there are four focuses of curriculum: early childhood, elementary for grades 3 to 8, middle level for grades 5 to 9, and secondary for grades 7 to 12.[4] The MAT program began in 1992, with the School of Education forming in 1996.[5]

The full-time program lasts ten months and includes a year long placement in a public school.[4] The part-time program is a two-year option named Aspire. This also includes placement in a public school, but is more flexible to time constraints as it is designed for working adults started in 2004.[6]

Entrance to the School of Education.
Entrance to the School of Education.

[edit] Other programs

Willamette’s School of Education also offers the Oregon Writing Project that teaches graduate students, teachers, and pre-college students.[7] This includes offering a Young Writers Camp during the summer for students in grades 3 to 7.[8] Another program is an annual Fine Arts Festival sponsored by the school that introduces elementary students to a variety of arts including music composition, ballet, jazz, sculpture, and opera.[9]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Willamette University. The Princeton Review. Retrieved on April 25, 2007.
  2. ^ a b CET. Willamette University School of Education. Retrieved on April 25, 2007.
  3. ^ NDEL. Willamette University School of Education. Retrieved on April 25, 2007.
  4. ^ a b c Master of Arts in Teaching. Willamette University School of Education. Retrieved on April 25, 2007.
  5. ^ Handbook. Willamette University. Retrieved on April 25, 2007.
  6. ^ Willamette offers new teacher degree. Statesman Journal, July 26, 2004.
  7. ^ Oregon Writing Project. Willamette University School of Education. Retrieved on April 25, 2007.
  8. ^ Salem singers place 11th. Statesman Journal, July 7, 2002.
  9. ^ Mother/daughter artists featured in new exhibit. Statesman Journal, May 26, 2002.

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