Michigan Middle School and High School Special Education teachers completing the Marygrove MAT with a Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment focus may use their degree as a demonstration of competence and evidence that they are highly qualified for their teaching assignment.
Programs Offered
Provisional Teacher Certification: Elementary
Provisional Teacher Certification: Secondary
Professional Certification
Certification For Post-degree Students
Potential Careers
K-12 teaching opportunities in public, private and other schools.
Special Education-Learning Disabilities
K-12 teaching
Early Childhood Education (Pre-K) teaching.
Faculty
Steffanie Bowles, Ph.D.
Mary Ann Dalton, SSJ, Ph.D.
Janet M. Hunt, M.A.
Vivian Johnson, Ph.D.
Chukwunyere Okezie, Ph.D.
James Rivard, Ed.D.
Eugene Shaw, Ph.D.
Chenfeng Zhang, Ph. D.
Statement
The mission statement of the Education Unit articulates specifically the relationship of the general mission of the College and that of teacher preparation. It reads as follows:
The Marygrove College Education Unit collaborates in preparing undergraduate and graduate students who demonstrate the knowledge, skills and dispositions of exemplary educators. We are committed to developing reflective, life-long learners who value diversity and whose educational practices are integrated and grounded in research and theory.
> General Information
The Education Unit, in cooperation with other academic units, prepares students for teaching at the preschool, elementary, and secondary levels. Entrance into the College does not guarantee admission to the Teacher Certification (TCCERT) Program. Students must make a separate application to the Teacher Certification Program. Prior to admission to the TCCERT program, undergraduates will be assigned an advisor who will assist in planning the sequence of certification courses. Students must have a certifiable major and minor and adhere to the certification requirements as listed below in order to obtain teacher certification.
After successfully completing the College’s degree requirements (including the certifiable major and certifiable minor course work for teacher certification), approved First Aid and CPR (Adult & Child) training, and passing the appropriate Michigan tests for Teacher Certification (MTTC), you will be eligible for recommendation by Marygrove to the State of Michigan for a Provisional Teaching Certificate. Two specific teaching disciplines are offered in the education unit: Early Childhood Education (minor) and Special Education (major). Specific departments in the College offer all other teaching majors and minors. For full descriptions of these programs, see their respective program sections in this catalog.
> Accreditation
Marygrove has the approval of the State of Michigan Department of Education for its certification programs. Students in early childhood education obtain the Early Childhood minor endorsement (ZA) while Special Education students earn the Learning Disabilities major endorsement (SM).