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Teaching in Clinically Based Elementary Education

Brenda Contreras is kneeling next to a student in the elementary school classroom where she teaches as part of Oregon State's Master of Arts in Teaching program. The child wears a blue denim jacket and has long, dark and curly hair. Both are looking at a learning tablet that the student is holding.

Opportunities in action

4 minute read By Cody Bowie July 26, 2018 If you ask Brenda Contreras what her time at Oregon State has provided her, she’ll answer in one word: opportunities. Opportunities such as scholarships, a chance to teach near her hometown and experience in a dual-language classroom. The Oregon State psychology graduate is now finishing her first year in Opportunities in action

A teacher sits at a long table while four elementary-age students stand in pairs on either side.

Breaking the mold

4 minute read What if part of your teacher education included an intensive, 2-year residency inside a public school where you co-taught with – and were mentored by – a seasoned teacher from day one? (Think medical school residencies, but in schools instead of hospitals.) A newly-launched, graduate program is doing this, and more.

A teacher works with four students in the Beaverton School District. They all sit around a table in small green chairs.

Oregon State, Beaverton School District to deliver new hybrid teacher licensure program

3 minute read The Master of Arts in Teaching with an option in Clinically Based Elementary program is a two-year, full-time master’s degree program that immerses students in the classroom from day one, where they will co-teach and work side by side with experienced Beaverton School District educators.