1. MAT ADVISING Spring 2014 www.uca.edu/mat

2. MAT LISTSERV Go to http://list.uca.edu/mailman/listinfo/mat 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

3. Check the MAT Website www.uca.edu/mat 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

4. UCA Email Check your UCA email!

5. App Attack THERE’S AN APP FOR THAT UCA MAT Program

6. Course Selection Summer and Fall 2014 schedules available on-line Check for “special notes” before enrolling in courses

7. Course Selection www.uca.edu/teaching and/or www.uca.edu/schedule

11. MAT 5310 and 5320  Prerequisites to all other courses. MAT 6312  Child Development  Take ASTL 6380 first. MAT 6311  Assessment  Take ASTL 6380 first. MAT 6310 (Diversity)  Take MAT 6338/MAT 6302 and MAT 6311 first.  Enroll in semester before internship. MAT 6338 & MAT 6374  will never again be offered after summer 2014 Course Selection

12. Summer 2014 ART 5360 – Art ART 5361 – Art BIOL 6395 - Science ITEC 6368 – Biz Tech HIST 6310 - SS WLAN 5325 – Foreign Languages Fall 2014 ENGL 5358 – English FACS 6300 - FACS ITEC 6368 – Biz Tech MATH 5300 – Math MATH 6380 – Math WLAN 5315 – Foreign Languages WLAN 5325 – Foreign Languages Content Elective Courses (7-12 Licenses)

13. On-Line Classes Asynchronous vs. Synchronous Check Blackboard BEFORE the first day of classes. 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

14. Summer 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 MAT 5390: Practicum  REQUIRED orientation meeting – check schedule MAT 6699: Internship  REQUIRED orientation meeting – check schedule  Check UCA e-mail for assignment Field Experiences

15. Important Dates for Internship Placement Thursday, April 3 at 6 PM in  Mashburn 103  For those needing Fall '14 placement Thursday, Apr 17 4:30pm  Placement forms due! [See MAT website.]  If you’re not sure, submit the forms and withdraw if hired.

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

17. Petition for Candidacy Completed after 9 hours in the program

18. Program Changes Significant Praxis test changes for fall. Keep your eye on the listserv.

19. PRAXIS – ETS Website http://www.ets.org/praxis/ar/requirements

20. Praxis Ipass by end of your first semester Praxis II CONTENTpass before internship or prior to applying for provisional Praxis II PEDAGOGY (Principles of Learning and Teaching) take during internship or immediately prior to internship Praxis

21. “Praxis I” “Praxis II”

22. “Old” tests (5710, 5720, and 5730) honored until September 2016 (if the test was taken prior to Sept 1, 2013). You may continue to take the PPST for admission. There will be no time limit for retaking and using the PPST in this case. Any student who has taken the PPST (and passed) in September or October 2013 may use the test for admission. If you did take/pass only SOME the "old" PPST test in Sept or October, those tests will be honored, but any new tests you take must be the "Core" required Praxis tests. Praxis Changes – Praxis I

23. Old TestNew Test New Test # Score 5141 (5142) English5047164 5141 (5143) Math5169165 5141 (5144) Social Studies 0439146 5141 (5145) Science5089149 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). If you took and passed only one or more of the subtests for test 5141 (prior to Sept 1, 2013), you may continue to take the subtests for the non-passed areas until September 1, 2014. Praxis Changes Praxis II – Middle School

24. Effective Sept. 1, the State Board of Education has approved the use of the Principles of Learning and Teaching exam in place of the subject specific pedagogy exams for all secondary content areas except for World Languages. Praxis Changes Praxis II – Pedagogy

25. Register ASAP! Register on the first day that you are allowed. Some classes will fill up quickly! Q-Z Monday, Mar 31 A-H Tuesday, Apr 1 I-P Wednesday, Apr 2 If a class is full and you REALLY need it, call or email Laura Kendrick and ask to be put on the WAIT-LIST laurak@uca.edu