MAT - Early Childhood & Elementary Education
Description
The Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program in Early Childhood and Elementary Education leads to initial South Carolina Licensure for grades PK-3 and 2-6. The program emphasizes the knowledge, skills, and dispositions professional teachers need for teaching in public or Christian schools. The CIU Professional Education Program envisions a learning environment that provides models, growth experiences, and communities of practice for equipping Christian educators who make wise decisions as they create effective learning communities. Full time students can complete these programs in as little as 16 months. Teachers with three years of classroom experience can waive the student teaching requirement with prior approval. Annual statistics concerning the program are presented in the Title II Institutional Report. The report is in PDF format and Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to view the report. If you do not already have Acrobat Reader, you may get the Acrobat Reader free download here.
Resident Faculty
Anita Cooper
(Ph.D., University of South Carolina) Dr. Cooper directs the Bible Teaching program, a program specifically designed to prepare students to teach the Bible in a school setting. Before coming to CIU, she taught Bible in the public schools in Tennessee and West Virginia in grades K-12. Since jo...
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Elaine Lindsey
(Ed.D. University of South Carolina) Elaine Lindsey serves as MEd Program Director. Her background and on-going experience in curricular issues, instructional supervision, and curriculum evaluation and development, make her a valuable asset to the MEd programs.
Connie Mitchell
(Ed.D. University of Miami) Connie has shared her life for 35 years with her husband George. They enjoy reading, traveling, being with students, and just being together. Dr. Mitchell is a frequent speaker and writer for the Association of Christian Schools International, and she is ...
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Milt Uecker
(Ed.D. University of Virginia) Dr. Milt Uecker, Ed.D., is the dean of the Graduate School and teaches courses on educational philosophy, early childhood education, and curriculum. He is a national and international conference speaker and a contributor to the Christian Early Education a...
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Jim Watson
(Ph.D. Ohio State University) Dr. Jim Watson currently serves Columbia International University as a professor in the Graduate School. Dr. Watson's teaching focuses on classroom assessment, educational research and organizational behavior. He teaches in the Ed.D., M.Ed. and M.A.T. pro...
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Adjunct Faculty