Master in Teaching

Program Overview

Through two unique learning pathways and with a cohort of dedicated teacher candidates, supportive faculty, staff, mentor teachers and community mentors, your learning about teaching will happen through a range of experiences. 

The program certifies prospective teachers in areas ranging from elementary education to secondary sciences, humanities and arts. View the full list of endorsements for more information. 

You'll complete your Master in Teaching degree by studying full-time for four quarters. This degree takes you from theoretical approach to teaching with students in the classroom.

See specific courses in the Academic Catalog

Learning Pathways 

Integrated Multilingual Learner Pathway 

This pathway integrates coursework and field experiences to prepare teachers to serve English Language Learners. Teachers do this by earning endorsements in their content area in addition to an English Language Learners Endorsement.

Community Teaching Pathway

This pathways works to develop culturally responsive teachers who are also community minded and responsive individuals. 

Program Credit Overview

Graduates go on to teach all levels of K-12, as well as join other education related fields. Many become award winning educators and leaders in their fields. Evergreen graduates have a high placement rate and are respected across the region and beyond.

When you graduate, you will be a teacher who:

• Develops knowledge of and value for their students’ multiple and interlocking identities as they plan, teach, assess and communicate with students, families and caregivers.
• Engages positive communication with families and caregivers grounded in cultural humility and in service of supporting student well-being.
• Engages in conversations, planning and actions that address and seek to change racist, ableist, settler colonial, classist, sexist, xenophobic and transphobic policies, practices and curriculum.
• Helps create and support a caring, respectful, culturally sustaining learning environment characterized by a sense of community where all participants feel safe, valued and connected.
• Implements culturally responsive classroom routines that provide student agency and voice in designing and adjusting routines to support community learning and student well-being.
• Plans vibrant lessons, units and other learning opportunities integrating school curriculum, community cultural wealth and the big ideas in state/national standards.
• Engages students in inquiry, questioning and discussion within and across disciplines.
• Engages students socially and intellectually, supporting their relationships, collaborations, curiosities, literacies, critical thinking and well-being. This includes multiple ways for students to engage and represent their ideas and questions.
• Engages multiple strategies for collecting and using formative assessments that elicit understanding, analyze progress and provide constructive feedback.
• Builds collaborative relationships with school colleagues, community educators, families and caregivers.

The Master in Teaching degree program has been updated in response to state and local needs for certificated teachers of English Language Learners. With this new program model, teacher candidates will be prepared to pursue careers in their chosen endorsement area (Elementary Education, Science, Social Studies, etc.) and earn an English Language Leaner endorsement.

The EL endorsement is optional. However, the coursework is not as it will be integrated throughout the program. An EL endorsement will prepare you for multiple models of teaching such as stand-alone EL K-12 classrooms, K-12 integrated EL elementary and secondary content-area classes, dual language programs and push-in/pull-out EL instructional approaches.

The Integrated Multilingual Learner Pathway is a four quarter program where theory and practice are integrated. Students receive focused and supportive mentorship from faculty, not only in the classroom but also in the field. Students will be placed in the field for the entirety of the program so that they can gain a full year of classroom experience. The year-long field experience will include the equivalent of one quarter of ELL field experience and two quarters of a field experience in their chosen endorsement area.

The field experience will include the equivalent of one quarter of Multilingual Learner student teaching and two quarters of another content area student teaching.

Schedule Overview

You may have 2 field placements: one in an EL classroom and one in your content area classroom.

Multilingual Learners Pathway Credit Overview

Summary

Five curricular strands are focused on in the Community Teaching learning pathway. Student teaching, with program work linked to teaching literacy, mathematics and so on are most deeply connected to the Praxis strand, but also have connective threads to Inquiry, Community Teaching, Learning in Context and Responding to a World on Fire. Each strand has learning opportunities that connect to land, taking a stand and asking where knowledge lives. Like braids of rope, the strands work together to create a strong teacher preparation experience.

With mentorship and support from faculty, cohort and endorsement groups, mentor teachers and community mentors, you’ll have many champions as you go forward to build a classroom of joy and justice. Something that sets this degree apart is the focus on mentorship. You’ll have close proximity with faculty unlike any other program. And historical community and teacher mentors are a valued and integral part of the program.

In this full time, four-quarter program, you’ll prepare for teacher certification and your Master in Teaching degree through your coursework and at your internship placement. You will graduate with the successful completion of all coursework and your final project - the Inquiry, Action and Equity Project.

Schedule Overview

School Placement

In the fall, you will begin your immersive experience at a K-12 school. Some will be placed at a school with other teacher candidates so you can learn from your shared experiences throughout the school year.

Community Teaching Pathway Credit Overview

Earn an endorsement to teach a specific subject

1. Complete coursework or relevant experience in your preferred endorsement area
2. Take tests that demonstrate your content knowledge
3. Successfully complete coursework
4. Complete student teaching through field experience

All Level P–12

These endorsements cover a subject area that you can teach at any level, from preschool all the way through high school. Some P–12 endorsements require a second endorsement, such as the English Language Learners Endorsement. 

Elementary K–8

The state endorsement for teaching elementary school. You’ll be prepared to teach in schools where students stay in the same class all day long.

Middle 4–9

These endorsements specifically prepare you to teach in intermediate, middle school or junior high schools.

Secondary 5–12

These endorsements prepare you to teach in any intermediate, middle school, junior high or high school where teachers teach specific subjects and students move from class to class.

Evergreen offers endorsements in multiple areas, including some that are offered at only a few places in Washington state. 

The test code tells you which tests you need to take for your endorsement in addition to the WEST-B. Find out more about required tests at How to Apply to MiT.
 

Students who successfully complete the Master in Teaching degree will be recommended to PESB for Licensure.

Educator licensure in Washington state is governed by the Professional Educators Standards Board (PESB), which approves teacher education programs and certifies and licenses teachers.

Approved teacher education programs make teacher candidate recommendations for certification to PESB. Individuals with a Washington state license can teach in Washington state.

Evergreen's Master in Teaching meets the requirements for licensure or certification in Washington state. We have not made a determination if our curriculum meets the state educational requirements for licensure or certification in the following states: AL, AK, AZ, AR, CA, CO, CT, DE, FL, GA, HI, ID, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, ME, MD, MA, MI, MN, MS, MO, MT, NE, NH, NJ, NM, NV, NY, NC, ND, OH, OK, OR, PA, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WV, WI, WY.

The National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education (NASDTEC) Interstate Agreement facilitates the mobility of educators among the states and other jurisdictions that are members of NASDTEC and have signed the agreement. Please keep in mind that licensure requirements are subject to change. Make sure to check with the appropriate state agency to confirm current licensure requirements.