MAT ADVISING

Summer/Fall 2015

www.uca.edu/mat

Faculty

• Introductions

Website

• http://www.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

MAT LISTSERV

• If you have already registered and are not receiving e-mails, please go in and re register. The listserv has been having some issues since the conversion to Gmail.

Check the MAT Website

www.uca.edu/mat

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

Your attendance at this meeting or viewing of this screencast indicates that you understand this requirement.

Notice MAT Important Information Contract

  Maintain 3.0 or better GPA All classes finished before internship

UCA Email

Check your UCA email!

App Attack

THERE’S AN

APP

FOR THAT

UCA MAT Program

On-Line Classes

• • • • Asynchronous vs. Synchronous Check Blackboard classes.

BEFORE the first day of 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

Course Selection

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Summer/Fall 2015 schedules available on-line

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Check for “special notes” before enrolling in courses

Course Selection

www.uca.edu/teaching

and/or

www.uca.edu/schedule

How to Register

• Go to my.uca.edu and sign in.

How to Register

• Click on Self-Service then Student & Financial Aid.

How to Register

• Click on Registration then Registration – add/drop classes. You will then be able to select the term and search for classes you want to take.

Course Selection

• MAT 5310 and 5320  Prerequisites to all other courses.

• Recommend ASTL 6380 (Research Methods) taken within first 9 hours of coursework. • • MAT 6310 (Diversity)  Take MAT 6302 and MAT 6311 first.

 Enroll in semester before internship .

MAT 6699

 Internship  Taken LAST

Content Elective Courses

(7-12 Licenses) Summer 2015

• ITEC 6368 – Business Tech • **BIOL 6395 – Science • WLAN 5330 – Foreign Languages • *Social Studies – Summer Institute

Fall 2015

• FACS 6300 – Current Issues • BIOL 6395 – Science • WLAN 5325/5315 – Foreign Languages • ENGL 5358

Content Elective Courses

(7-12 Licenses)

• Please e-mail Amy Thompson, [email protected]

, if you need a content methods course that is not listed.

Field Experiences

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May Intercession 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 • •

Fall 2015 MAT 5390: Practicum

 REQUIRED orientation meeting – check schedule

MAT 6699: Internship

 REQUIRED orientation meeting – check schedule  Check UCA e-mail for assignment

Internship

• • • Teacher of Record is our preference. PAID Internship in your OWN classroom Placed Interns – Passing Praxis II scores are due with internship application packets.

If you’re placed:    Paperwork 2-3 all day on-campus meetings throughout the semester $250 fee

Internship

  Placed Interns: • • No cold calling or setting up internship or practicum placements before attending practicum orientation or the internship placement meetings.

Many districts require us to go through human resources.

Those with jobs: • Praxis 2 scores are due by the night of the internship meeting in August.

Important Dates for Internship Placement

• • Thursday, April 2 at 6 PM   Mashburn 103 For those needing Fall '15 placement Thursday, April 16 at 4:30pm   Placement forms due! [See MAT website AFTER THE MEETING.] If you’re not sure, submit the forms and withdraw if hired.

Important Internship Note

• • • Please do not register for internship because you plan to have a job. This does not give us accurate internship numbers.

You can register up until the night of the internship meeting in August.

Please only register for internship IF:  You have submitted a placement packet  You have a job as a teacher of record in your own classroom

Background Check

• • • • • After registration in the Practicum course, you will be e-mailed the forms to complete and return.

Student Connect - Cost is $10. Submit payment AFTER you receive an e mail from Student Connect. Be sure to check SPAM folder These MUST be completed before ANY field.

Petition for Candidacy

If you started the MAT program after May 2014, the UCA Graduate School has removed the requirement that candidates complete the Petition for Candidacy form. Candidates are now required to track their own progress in their program of study through the DEGREE WORKS link of the MyUCA portal.

Arkansas History

• • • • Required for licensure for P-4, middle level, and secondary social studies licensure areas.

Now you can take for FREE at Arkansas Ideas.

Information has been sent to the listserv Also be posted under “Announcements” on the MAT web page

Program Changes

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Praxis test changes are always ongoing.

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Keep your eye on the listserv.

PRAXIS – ETS Website

http://www.uca.edu/ocs Which Praxis Do I Take?

http://www.ets.org/praxis/ar/requirements

Praxis

Praxis I Core Praxis II CONTENT Praxis II PEDAGOGY

(Principles of Learning and Teaching)

pass by end of your first semester pass before internship or prior to applying for provisional take during internship

Praxis I Core

• Please note:    MUST be passed by the end of your first semester NO MORE lifting of the holds/”extensions” Use UCA recipient code

6012

“Praxis I” “Praxis II”

Praxis Changes – Praxis I Core

• “Old” tests (5710, 5720, and 5730) honored until

September 2016

(if the test was taken prior to Sept 1, 2013). You may NO LONGER take the PPST for admission.

• If you did take/pass only SOME of the "old" PPST tests (if the test was taken prior to Sept 1, 2013), those tests will be honored, but any new tests you take must be the " Core " required Praxis tests.

"Test codes are provided for your information. Always verify correct codes on the "Arkansas requirements" section of the ETS website."

Praxis Changes Praxis II – Middle School Old Test

5141 (5142) 5141 (5143) 5141 (5144) 5141 (5145)

New Test

English Math Social Studies Science

New Test #

5047 5169 5089 5440

Score

164 165 149 150 • • You must pass 2 of the 4 content areas.

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).

"Test codes are provided for your information. Always verify correct codes on the "Arkansas requirements" section of the ETS website."

Praxis Changes Praxis II Test Current Version New Version New Cut Score Arkansas Launch Date

P-4 FACS Chemistry Physics 5022 5121 5025 5122 5245 5265 153 150 135 9/1/16 9/1/15 9/1/15 9/1/15

Praxis Changes Praxis II

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Science Licensure Changes

Starting in fall 2015, candidates applying for Physical Science Licensure grades 7-12 will take the Physics (5265) or Chemistry (5245) exam. Programs for Physical Science License will be discontinued in August 2016. Candidates enrolled prior to that date will be allowed to complete the program for Physical Science licensure. Physics and Chemistry will also be available as an endorsement to a current license by testing out starting in fall 2015.

PRAXIS

Changes Coming

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American Sign Language (ASL), grades K-12

ASL is now available as another foreign language licensure area. The candidates are required to pass the American Sign Language (0632) and the World Language Pedagogy (5841) exams. There are currently no approved programs of study for initial licensure. The area can be added to a standard license by testing out as soon as the test is approved.

PRAXIS

Changes Coming

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Computer Science, grades 4-12

HB 1183 requires each public high school and public charter school to offer a course in computer science. In preparation for it becoming law, computer science has been added as a licensure content area. ETS will be working with the ADE for the next few months to get the Praxis Computer Science (5651) exam through the state review and approval process. Until programs of study are developed and approved, it will be available as an endorsement to a current license by testing out.

Praxis I and II

• • • The

Praxis®

Core are now available for continuous testing with official scores for Reading and Mathematics released within 10– 11 business days from the test date, and within 15–16 business days for Writing.

More titles are coming for continuous testing. Additional titles that will be offered continuously beginning in the 2015–16 testing year:  Marketing Education (5561)  Music: Content Knowledge (5113)

P3T Grant

• • Up to $5,000 of your tuition paid Commit to doing field and work for 3 years in a partnership district • Middle School or Secondary: Math, Science, or English

Partnership Districts

• • • • • • • • Little Rock North Little Rock Carlisle Clarksville Dollarway El Dorado Harrison Jasper • • • • • • Jasper Pine Bluff Watson Chapel West Memphis White Hall Arkansas School for the Deaf

Interested?

Contact Dr. Williams – [email protected]

Professionalism and Email Etiquette

• • • • • • • Use: Mr., Mrs., Ms., Dr. when addressing faculty/staff Include a clear, direct subject line Use a “professional” email address Be cautious with humor Watch the tone of your email Do not use curse words or slang Check for spelling, punctuation, and grammar errors

Provisional License

• • • • All information (checklist) on MAT website Must pass Praxis II and be continuously enrolled We don’t process until you have been offered a job.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITY to follow up on background checks to ensure your license is processed!

Secondary Licensure – 30 Hours

• • • • • This has been an ADE rule.

ADE has changed the rule effective September 2014.

We will work to push through your license if you haven’t finished the 30 hours. Case by case basis Muddy water

Other Communication

• • • • • • Twitter - @ucamat Facebook – UCA MAT Email – [email protected]

Ms. Melissa Earls: MAT Program Advisor – [email protected]

Mrs. Amy Thompson: MAT Program Coordinator – [email protected]

Ms. Laura Kendrick: MAT Secretary– [email protected]

Register ASAP!

Register on the first day that you are allowed. Some classes will fill up quickly!

QA-ZZ Monday, March 30 AA-HZ Tuesday, March 31 IA-PZ Wednesday, April 1 If a class is full and you REALLY need it, call or email Ms. Laura: MAT Secretary and ask to be put on the WAIT-LIST [email protected]

Before you can register….

• You must take the Qualtrics survey. It will be e-mailed to you tomorrow. Then, Ms. Laura and Ms. Earls will check the list daily and lift your hold.