Teaching

M.A.T.
Online
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$609 Based on current tuition rates. No additional charge for nonresident students. Does not include course materials and associated fees and expenses.†
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2 This program starts in Fall and Summer terms.§
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Earn your teaching license while working with experienced teachers in an engaging, part-time master’s program. Oregon State University’s online Master of Arts in Teaching in Clinically Based Elementary Education is a licensure program that will prepare you to become an effective K-5 teacher, capable of working with diverse learners and managing a classroom. You can also build your skills with multilingual learners by working toward your English for Speakers of Other Languages endorsement.

You’ll gain hands-on experience while engaging with a cohort of peers in school settings. During your first year, you will work in a classroom at least twice weekly. In your second year, you will be in the classroom daily.

Skills you’ll gain in OSU’s Master of Arts in Teaching online program

As a student in Oregon State’s MAT in Clinically Based Elementary Education program, you’ll gain the in-demand skills you need to stand out in the job market and level up your career.

  • ESOL education
  • Classroom management
  • STEM integration
  • Literacy development
  • Assessing learning
  • Social justice education
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Program details

The coursework in this Master of Arts in Teaching program prepares culturally literate, equity-oriented educators with a robust, multi-term literary, mathematics, science and social studies education, leading to an Oregon preliminary teaching license in multiple subjects (elementary education).

The online Master of Arts in Teaching in Clinically Based Elementary Education program is offered by Oregon State’s College of Education.

Degree requirements

A total of 53 quarter credits is required to graduate with your MAT-CBEE degree. Degree requirements and curriculum information are available on Oregon State's academic catalog.

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Additional program features

The MAT-CBEE master's program features a 12-credit student teaching internship, which can include a 3-credit ESOL internship. The program also includes a practicum experience that lasts throughout the first year. Both the practicum and internship experiences involve learning on the job from an experienced and highly successful teacher.

State of Colorado: This program requires an internship. Although Oregon State University participates in the National Council of State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (NC-SARA), due to Colorado’s Workers’ Compensation Act, we have limited authorization to offer programs that require internships in the state of Colorado. The Colorado internship site must provide workers’ compensation. In some cases, a proposed internship site may not provide workers’ compensation insurance and, as a result, is not available as an internship site. Please contact Shannon Riggs, associate vice provost for educational programs and learning innovation, with questions.

Oregon State’s College of Education proudly partners with multiple school districts throughout Oregon. The MAT-CBEE program provides district staff members with a pathway to become a certified elementary teacher. If you currently work with students in an elementary classroom setting, you have the potential to keep your job while earning a Master of Arts in Teaching degree and obtaining licensure.

Before you apply to the Master of Arts in Teaching online program, explore the detailed admissions information, including any application deadlines and how to submit required documents.

You can gain highly specialized skills that are in demand by employers — and do it with less of a time and financial commitment — when you earn a certificate or microcredential online from Oregon State. Choose from a large collection of short-form offerings that can help you upskill quickly.

Elementary education teaching careers

The knowledge you acquire in Oregon State’s online Master of Arts in Teaching in Clinically Based Elementary Education degree program will help you fill in-demand jobs working with students. You'll graduate ready to showcase your abilities in the classroom and beyond.

Job market outlook

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