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2024-2025 Graduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Graduate Catalog

Teaching IECE/Initial Certificate, M.A.T.


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Campbellsville University’s MAT program is both a traditional (36 hours) and Option 6 alternative certification (33 hours) program uniquely designed to reflect a professional learning community. It will be delivered by early childhood education faculty in collaboration and partnership with area school district personnel. At the heart of the program is the foundational goal of all CU educator preparation programs: empowerment for learning. Empowerment is both a process and a product. The empowerment process will occur throughout program coursework as candidates acquire the knowledge, skills, and dispositions to be effective teachers. The empowerment outcome will be documented in several critical assessments - the electronic portfolio and during field and clinical experiences. Mentoring for alternative certification candidates is consistently and intentionally planned for the duration of the candidate’s employment on the temporary provisional certificate.

The unique features of this program include: small candidate to faculty ratio, curriculum based on needs of 21st century classrooms and designed around intentional field experiences ; excellent, hands-on advising; systematic mentoring for alternative certification candidates; and, a small core faculty that work well together to create a dynamic program for pre-service teachers that provides opportunities for promoting academic excellence, preparing candidates for lifelong learning in the teaching profession and continued scholarship. Courses will be taught in an online format. The MAT program is designed for coursework and requirements to be completed in seven 8-week graduate terms.

The IECE MAT program consists of education and special teaching methods coursework, as well as a research component. A semester long (16-week) student-teaching experience (SED 608) is required for the traditional route candidate. All candidates parrticipate in requisite practicum/seminar courses (IEC 604, 605, and 606).

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Total Required Hours


(Option 6): 33 hours

(Traditonal route): 36 hours

Program Admissions


CAP 5 is admission to the program where candidates must have a cumulative GPA of 2.75 as documented on official transcript for a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution (or 3.0 on last 30 hours). Further candidates must provide Three (3) Disposition recommendations (recommended: immediate supervisor, colleague, self), a clear criminal background check, and self-assessment of dispositions and Pre-Professional Goals Assessment. They must also sign and commit to the KY Code of Ethics, the National Association for the Education of Young Children Code of Ethics, the Council for Exceptional Children - Division of Early Childhood Code of Ethics, and the First Steps Provider Code of Ethical Conduct, a diversity survey, and a creativity self-assessment, and sign the unit’s disposition assessment policy. Candidates must successfully complete an entrance interview at which time a presentation is made by the candidate, which is scored using a rubric that includes assessment of the 4 Cs 21st Century Skills (creativity, collaboration, communication, and critical thinking). Lastly, upon admission, candidates must provide a Praxis II Study Plan/Statement of Understanding. CAP 5 requirements are the same for traditional and alternative certification Option 6 candidates.

CAP 6 is a mid-point check in the educator preparation program for graduate candidates and involves evaluation of cumulative GPA (3.0), disposition assessments, completion of 100 field experience hours and passing Praxis II scores in the IECE area of licensure. Further, candidates must demonstrate competency on three major critical assessments: (1) development and implementation of a professional growth plan; (2) a portfolio-quality philosophy of education; and, (3) submission of a CAP 6 Portfolio that includes a unit of study (taught in a designated field setting) with a minimum of three lesson plans and competency demonstrated on all ten IECE Kentucky Teacher Standards (minimum score of 2.0 of a 3-point rubric rubric). CAP 6 requirements are the same for traditional and alternative certification Option 6 candidates.

CAP 7 is program exit. Candidates must have a 3.0 cumulative GPA, submitted an electronic portfolio, meeting all Kentucky Teacher Standards for IECE. Traditional Candidates must successfully complete 200 Field Experience hours prior to 16 weeks of Student Teaching.

Signed Field Experience Logs are submitted at the completion of each term with reflections. All required entries of field experiences are completed. The University maintains on ongoing data base of all field experiences including types, sites, and hours.

CAP 5 Admission


Academic Competency

  • Bachelor’s Degree from accredited institution
  • GPA: 2.75, cumulative or 3.0 on last 30 hours
  • Entrance Interview: ___Communication, Collaboratin, Critical Thinking, Creativity Scores
  • Transcripts (official)
  • 3 Letters of Recommendation
  • TB Risk Assessment
  • State or Federal Criminal Background Check
  • Disposition Policy (signed)
  • Confidentiality Statement; Agreement with Codes of Ethical Conduct (signed) Character & Fitness (signed)
  • Diversity Survey
  • PGP Self-Assessment
  • Praxis II Study Plan (signed)
  • Curriculum Guide sheet (signed)

Mentoring Plan (Option 6)

CAP 6 Continuation


Academic Competency

  • GPA: 3.0

Transcript Evaluation

  • 18 hours completed

Curriculum Guide sheet

  • Reviewed, updated as needed

Other

  • Pass Content Knowledge PRAXIS II
  • Disposition Recommendations:1 Professor and Self-Evaluation
  • Submit Program Specific Field Experience forms (100 hours)
  • PGP/Self-Assessment (updated) CAP 6 Portfolio

CAP 7 Completion/Exit


Academic Competency

  • GPA: 3.0

Transcript Evaluation

  • 33-39 hours completed

Curriculum Guide sheet

  • Updated

Other

  • Disposition Recommendations (2 faculty/self)
  • Field Hours-200 [Traditional Candidates Only]
  • Curriculum Guide sheet (updated)
  • Student Teaching Portfolio/Exit Event [Traditional Candidates Only]
  • Successful Portfolio Completion (Traditonal and Option 6; Traditional candidates will have additional ED 608 Student Teaching portfolio)
  • PGP/Self-Assessment (updated)
  • CA-TP or CA-1 form (completed)
  • Transcript request
  • Successful Student Teaching [Traditional Candidates Only]

Student Teachers only:

Use of Physical Restraint and Seclusion training (704 KAR 7:160)

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