MAT ADVISING

Fall 2013www.uca.edu/mat

MAT LISTSERV• Go to

http://list.uca.edu/mailman/listinfo/mat• Fill in your information (your preferred email)

in the Subscribing to MAT section• Hit “Submit”• When you get your confirmation email, please

hit “reply” and “send”. You don’t have to enter anything. Just open a reply box and hit send

Check the MAT Websitewww.uca.edu/mat

• You are responsible for the program requirements posted on the website.

• Your attendance at this meeting indicates that you understand this requirement.

• Notice MAT Important Information Contract Maintain 3.0 or better GPA All classes finished before internship And more …

UCA Email

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Course Selection

• Spring and Summer 2014 schedules available on-line at www.uca.edu/schedule

• Check for “special notes” before enrolling in courses

• http://uca.edu/teaching/

• MAT 5310 and 5320 Prerequisites to all other

courses.• MAT 6310 (Diversity)

Take MAT 6338/MAT 6302 and MAT 6311 first.

Enroll in semester before internship.

• MAT 6312 Child Development Take ASTL 6380 first.

• MAT 6311 Assessment Take ASTL 6380 first.

Course Selection

On-Line Classes• Asynchronous vs. Synchronous• Check Blackboard BEFORE the first day of classes.• You may have an assignment due on the first day

of classes.• Some on-line classes have chat sessions and on-

campus meetings – Check the schedule.

www.uca.edu/schedule

Spring 2014

• ITEC 6368 - Business Technology

• MAT 6307 – Mathematics

• WLAN 5330 (for MAT 6311) – Foreign Languages

Summer 2014

• ART 5360 & 5361 – Art

• ITEC 6368 – Business Technology

• WLAN 5325 – Foreign Languages

Content Elective Courses (7-12 Licenses)

Spring• MAT 5390: Practicum

REQUIRED orientation meeting Jan 7 OR Jan 8, 6:00pm - Mashburn 103

• MAT 6699: Internship REQUIRED orientation

meeting Jan 9, 6:00 - Mashburn 103

Check UCA e-mail for assignment

Summer• MAT 5390: Practicum• For MAT students who

have provisional licenses or who are teaching at a private or charter school only and who have been the teacher of record in the classroom for the last semester.

Field Experiences

Important Dates for Internship Placement

• Wednesday, October 30 at 6 PM in Mashburn 103 -- For those needing Spring '14 placement Meeting with those who might need placement for

Spring 2014 internship. If uncertain whether placement is needed, come to the

meeting.

• Thursday, Nov 7, 4:30pm Placement forms due! [See MAT website.] If you’re not sure, submit the forms and withdraw if

hired.

Wiki

http://bearmats.wikispaces.com/

Background Check• Student Connect - Cost is $10. • Forms available• Submit payment AFTER you receive an e-

mail from Student Connect. • Be sure to check SPAM folder • These MUST be completed before ANY field.

Program Changes

• Ability to test up/down one grade band

• MAT no longer admits P-4 candidates

• Significant Praxis test changes

Required Tests/FormsGRE/Praxis I

Passed before the end of the 1st semester Petition For Candidacy

Completed after 9 hours in program Praxis II Content Test(s)

Passed before application for provisional license or application to internship

Praxis II PLT Passed at beginning of internship

www.ets.org/praxis

Praxis Changes – Praxis I

Old Test

New Test New Test # Qualifying Score

5710 Core Academic Skills for Educators: Reading

5712 156

5720 Core Academic Skills for Educators: Writing

5722 162

5730 Core Academic Skills for Educators: Mathematics

5732 150

Core Academic Skills for Educators: Combined Test (5751)

Must be submitted by the end of your first semester of enrollment.

• “Old” tests (5710, 5720, and 5730), honored until September 2016 (if the test was taken prior to Sept 1, 2013). You may continue to take the PPST for admission. There will be no time limit for retaking and using the PPST in this case.

• Any student who has taken the PPST (and passed) in September or October 2013 may use the test for admission. If you did take/pass only SOME the "old" PPST test in Sept or October, those tests will be honored, but any new tests you take must be the "Core" required Praxis tests.

Praxis Changes – Praxis I

Old Test New Test

New Test #

Score

5141 (5142)

English 5047 164

5141 (5143)

Math 5169 165

5141 (5144)

Social Studies

0439 146

5141 (5145)

Science 5089 149

• If you took and passed the “old” test (5141), those scores will be honored until September 2016 (if the test was taken prior to Sept 1, 2013).

• If you took and passed only one or more of the subtests for test 5141 (prior to Sept 1, 2013), you may continue to take the subtests for the non-passed areas until September 1, 2014.

Praxis ChangesPraxis II – Middle School

• Effective Sept. 1, the State Board of Education has approved the use of the Principles of Learning and Teaching exam in place of the subject specific pedagogy exams for all secondary content areas except for World Languages.

Praxis ChangesPraxis II – Pedagogy

Register ASAP!Register on the first day that you are allowed.

Some classes will fill up quickly!

Q-ZMonday,

Oct 28

A-HTuesday,

Oct 29

I-PWednesday,

Oct 30

If a class is full and you REALLY need it, call or email Laura Kendrick and ask to be put on the WAIT-LIST