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Secondary Education, M.A.T., Foreign Language Concentration (Resident Teacher Program)

With this program, NLU partners with the Academy for Urban School Leadership (AUSL) to deliver the M.A.T. Secondary Education program in a model which integrates a ten-month teaching residency and 12 months of graduate level coursework.

Program participants spend one year working full-time in Chicago Public Schools classrooms with mentor teachers. While gaining classroom experience, participants take the coursework that allows them to earn a full Master of Arts in Teaching degree from NLU.

Graduates contract to work in an underperforming Chicago Public School for a minimum of four years.

Graduates will be eligible for Foreign Language Certification (Type 10, K–12) with a designation in a specific language. Visit Certifications and Endorsements at NLU for more details.

In addition to National College of Education Graduate Admissions Requirements, applicants must:

  • Pass the Test of Academic Proficiency (TAP)
  • Have a grade point average of 3.0 in the last 60 hours of coursework
  • Choose a designation from one of the following: Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Mandarin), French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latin, Russian or Spanish 
  • Have a grade point average of 3.0 or better in foreign language designation coursework
  • Have 32 semester hours of coursework in foreign language designation (12 semester hours of upper division)
  • Pass the ACTFL foreign language oral proficiency exam (advanced-low)

In addition, the Foreign Language endorsement requires that candidates fulfill all of the following areas in the designation language:

  • Pass the foreign language designation test
  • Beginning Language I & II
  • Intermediate Language I & II
  • One course in each of the following areas:
    • Grammar and Composition
    • Introduction to Literature
    • Introduction to History and Culture

This degree requires:

  • 36 SH
  • An internship
  • That candidates choose 6 SH of electives from one of the following areas: Reading, ESL, Middle Level or Special Education (see tables below)

MAT Core - 8 SH

FND504History and Philosophy of American Education
ESR514Research in Action: Becoming Practitioner Researchers
EPS511Human Learning and Development in Instructional Contexts

Secondary Education – Foreign Language Requirements - 22 SH

SEC502Introduction to Teaching at the Secondary Level
SEC525American Urban Education
SPE500Introduction to Exceptional Children and Adolescents/Special Education
SEC522Classical Language Methodology
or
SEC524Communicative Language Teaching in the Foreign Language Classroom
and
SEC597FResident Student Teaching in Secondary Education: Foreign Languages
RLR503Teaching Content Area and Advanced Reading
TIE558Exploration of Technology as an Instructional Tool

Secondary Education – Reading Electives - 6 SH

Choose 6 SH from the following:

RLR502Teaching Comprehension and Content Reading
or
RLR503Teaching Content Area and Advanced Reading
and
RLL522Adolescent Literature
or
RLL528Survey of Multicultural Literature K-12

Note: If needed to equal 6 SH, a Reading Elective can be chosen under advisement

Secondary Education – ESL Electives - 6 SH

CIL500Foundations of ESL and Bilingual Education
CIL505Methods and Materials for Teaching English as a Second Language

Secondary Education – Middle Level Electives - 6 SH

MLE500Middle School: An Overview
MLE502Middle Level Curriculum

Secondary Education – Special Education Electives - 6 SH

Choose two courses from:

SPE501Educational and Diagnostic Assessment of Exceptional Children and Adolescents
SPE506Frameworks and Perspectives in Special Education
SPE507Social/Emotional Development and Teaching and Support
SPE527Individualized Curriculum and Instruction

Note: Other electives may be chosen in consultation with the resident teacher program partner.