Meet Sarah: Secondary education, English

Sarah

Honestly, I actually wanted to be a high school teacher, but after completing my internships I realized middle school is where I wanted to be. Middle schoolers kind of get a bad rap because they're still growing and that can be challenging thing. But I love that they're still in that developmental stage.

My mom is an educator herself, and so she influenced me as far as the importance of education. Especially coming from Africa and being an immigrant. And that had been the push to get an education and value it highly. And then as far as English, my dad was the one who influenced me into English education because he was very big on reading, spending time at the library, working on your gramma and all that kind of stuff.

It is a registered student organization I co-founded and it brings teaching students of color together. It helped me a lot at 蜜桃社区.

Secondary education at 蜜桃社区

This program offers a unique opportunity to earn both a teaching certification for grades 6-12 and a master鈥檚 degree within a cohort, 13-month program. Using dynamic and relevant curriculum with a focus on culturally responsive instruction, full-time faculty model learner-centered instructional practices. Candidates experience learning in a supportive cohort community of learners. A full year internship provides candidates with extensive personalized support from mentor teachers as well as program faculty. Secondary education candidates can enter this program through two main pipelines: 蜜桃社区 pre-education undergraduate content degree with an education focus, or with a content degree from 蜜桃社区 or an outside accredited institution.

The MAT in Secondary Education is a thirteen-month intensive cohorted program of study that includes coursework in foundations of education and pedagogy, as well as a year-long clinical experience in local schools.