Multiple Subjects Preliminary Credential (MAT Program)

Program Design

The preliminary multiple subject teaching credential (33 units) prepares entry level teachers with a rich blend of research-based learning theory and structured opportunities to apply their learning in field-work and student teaching experiences in K-12 classrooms supported by expert Point Loma faculty and practicing master teachers.

PLNU preliminary credential candidates develop the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to be highly qualified, higher performing educators of noble character in an age of assessment and accountability for student learning.

This credential program is ideal for:

• Undergraduates at Point Loma's main campus aspiring to be elementary grade level teachers,
• Post B.A. graduates who are seeking to teach in a K-12 self-contained classroom.
• Private school or charter school teachers seeking a California credential.
• Those seeking a new career in the field of education.

Coursework

Multiple Subject Specific Courses

• EDU610 Methods of Teaching Reading and Writing (3 units)
• EDU610F Fieldwork for Methods of Teaching Reading and Writing (.5 unit) This course requires 15 clock hours of participation in a classroom specific to literacy instruction in a culturally diverse and inclusive school setting. Candidates will work with a small group in the area of literacy under the direction of a cooperating teacher.
• EDU611 Interdisciplinary Approaches in Teaching in the Content Areas (3 units)
• EDU612 Differentiated Mathematics Instruction for All Learners (3 units)
• EDU612F Fieldwork for Differentiated Mathematics Instruction for All Learners (.5 unit) This course requires 15 clock hours of observation and participation specific to math instruction in a culturally diverse and inclusive school setting.

TOTAL MULTIPLE SUBJECT SPECIFIC COURSES - 10 units

CLINICAL PRACTICE  

Clinical Practice is the culminating experience where students work full-time in a classroom for an entire semester under the guidance of a cooperating teacher in public or private schools as assigned by the field experience coordinator at the regional center.

• EDU630 Elementary Clinical Practice I (4 units) or
• EDU632 Intern Elementary Clinical Practice I (4 units)
• EDU6CP1 Clinical Practice Seminar I (1 unit)
• EDU634 Elementary Clinical Practice II (4 units) or
• EDU636 Intern Elementary Clinical Practice II (4 units)
• EDU6CP2 Clinical Practice Seminar II (1 unit)

TOTAL MULTIPLE SUBJECT CLINICAL PRACTICE COURSES - 10 units