Educate. Celebrate. Urban.

You’ve always wondered whether you would make a good teacher. You’re dedicated, competent, caring, curious, and committed to lifelong learning. The profession of preparing young adults for education, careers, and life intrigues you. You see the compelling realities faced by students in today’s urban schools and you believe you could be part of a solution. The University of Michigan-Flint’s Master of Arts with Secondary Teacher Certification (MAC) program is ready for you.

The MAC program is a master’s degree for aspiring teachers who have a bachelor’s degree in a certifiable major through the State of Michigan. The full-time program is taught completely on site in six Detroit-area high schools with experiences in those high schools throughout the two-year program. Graduates of the program receive their master’s degree and are eligible for teacher certification in Michigan.

What Sets UM-Flint's Education with Secondary Certification (MAC) Program Apart?

Focus:

• UM-Flint’s Master of Arts with Secondary Teacher Certification (MAC) is an innovative, clinically-based program designed to prepare you for a career encountering the unique challenges and rewards of teaching in the small, urban high school environment.

• The program is full-time, 46 credit hours, completed over 2 years. Its cohort format provides a specific path to completion and a support structure of peers.

• Its focus is on clinical, experience-based learning intended to explicitly link theory with practice through immediate, first-hand experience.

• You’ll begin the program by observing experienced teachers, gradually increasing your opportunity and responsibility for teaching over the duration of the program.

Flexibility:

• As a secondary teacher certification program, it is designed to prepare those who do not have undergraduate degrees in education.

• The robust emphasis on field experience is coupled with seminars offered in a mixed-mode format (both online and in-class).

Resources:

• The program is taught on-site, within small urban high schools in Detroit where you’ll be immersed with expert university and high school faculty.

• The field-based setting is an invaluable resource to fully acclimate to this new academic environment and to build a sense of community with your instructors, students, and peers.

Results:

• You will be highly prepared to teach in small, urban high school environments.

• The need for secondary teachers prepared to teach in the small urban high school setting is expected to grow exponentially over the next decade, despite an otherwise challenging job market for K-12 educators.

• Michigan Future, Inc. has been given money to start up seven additional new high schools before 2012 and looks to open 35 more schools by 2018 (Detroit Free Press, March, 6, 2010).

• You will have a distinct advantage in finding long-term employment within a growing network of small, urban high schools.

Admission Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution with a major certifiable by the Michigan Department of Education

• Minimum overall undergraduate grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.

• Passing score on the Michigan Test for Teacher Certification (MTTC) for Basic Skills

• Passing score on the Michigan Test for Teacher Certification (MTTC) in the subject area in which you are seeking certification

Application Process

To be considered for admission, submit the following to the Office of Graduate Programs, 251 Thompson Library:

• Application for Graduate Admission

• $55 application fee (non-refundable)

• Official transcripts from all colleges and universities attended

• Résumé

• Three letters of recommendation

• International students must submit additional documentation. Visit www.umflint.edu/international for details.

When registering for the MTTC, please list University of Michigan-Flint (Institution Code #30) so that your scores are reported to the UM-Flint Education Department. Once all documents have been received, a face-to-face interview will be scheduled with you by the Education Department. If MTTC scores have not been received by the time of the interview and review of your application materials, conditional admission may be granted pending the results of the MTTC.

Application Deadlines

The program has rolling admissions and reviews completed applications each month. Application deadlines are as follows:

• Fall (early deadline*) – May 1

• Fall (final deadline) – August 1

*You must apply by the early deadline to be eligible for scholarships, grants, and research assistantships.

International students are required to apply by May 1 for the fall semester.

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