Teacher candidates in the Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program will be prepared to have a constructive, lasting impact on student performance from the first time they enter the classroom and will be poised to provide positive educational outcomes for students, schools, and communities in ETSU's local service area and the state. They will graduate ready to function successfully in an increasingly diverse society.

Program options include:

• 1-year option beginning in the summer semester
• 17-month option beginning in the spring semester
• 2-year option beginning in the fall semester

• Job-Embedded Option

  East Tennessee State University offers the Job Embedded clinical experience option to students who are accepted into the ETSU Master of Arts in Teaching program and are employed by a partnering school system as the "teacher of record”. Candidates who choose to go through the job-embedded option are not eligible for the 1-year option. Please contact us for more information.

• Middle Grades6-8

  This teaching licensure area has an excellent employment success rate. Since the first cohort graduated in 2010, 100% now hold teaching positions locally and across the nation. You must select two teaching areas, one of which must be mathematics or science.

• Secondary Grades K-12

  Teaching areas include:

  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Earth Science
  • Economics
  • English
  • French
  • Geography
  • German
  • Government
  • History
  • Mathematics
  • Physics
  • Spanish

  or the following teaching areas for K-12:

  • Art K-12
  • Music K-12
  • Physical Education K-12
  • Theatre K-12