Program Structure

The Master in Teaching program is a full-time, two-year, professional teacher preparation program. There are six 10-week quarters, including two quarters of student teaching.

During the first year, approximately one-fourth of program time is spent in the field observing and working with K-12 students. The remaining time is devoted to on-campus seminars, workshops and lectures. During the second year, students spend nearly 70 percent of their time directly involved in K-12 schools. Students are expected to carry no other academic credit during the six program quarters and to avoid outside employment during the two quarters of full-time, daily student teaching.

Begun in the first year and completed in the second, the master’s project is an important component in the program. It is research-based, and relates to the student’s teaching area of interest. Upon completion, it is formally bound and catalogued in the Evergreen Library.

For the first year, 2006-07, students are tentatively scheduled to:
• meet three days a week on the Olympia campus during the regular academic calendar year
• spend an average of one day a week observing and participating in curriculum development and guided teaching in K-12 schools (following the public school schedule)

In the second year, 2007-08, students will:
• complete two full-time student-teaching experiences lasting approximately 10 weeks each (one each, fall and spring quarters, following the public school schedule)
• return to the first-year schedule for winter quarter, with a focus on completion of the master's project

Two-Year Program Outline

Year One

Fall Quarter

• building a learning community
• seminars, lectures, workshops
• guided observations in schools*
• begin master’s project

Winter Quarter

• seminars, lectures, workshops
• guided participation in schools*
• candidacy review for Year Two
• continue master’s project        

Spring Quarter

• seminars, lectures, workshops
• curriculum development and guided teaching in schools*
• continue master’s project

Between Years One & Two

Summer

• complete any outstanding subject-matter prerequisites prior to the beginning of  Year
• Two student teaching
• finalize a well-developed version of master’s project (no summer credit)

Year Two

Fall Quarter

• begins in late August
• full-time student-teaching*
• student-teaching debriefing
• continue master's project, if needed      

Winter Quarter

• intensive reflection
• seminars, lectures, workshops
• presentation of master’s project

Spring Quarter

• full-time student-teaching*
• student-teaching debriefing
• job placement file completed

*A note about transportation

Master in Teaching students are responsible for finding transportation to and from field sites and other program-related activities.