Master in Teaching

Program Overview

This degree takes you from theoretical approach to teaching with students in the classroom. 

This full-time, four-quarter program certifies prospective teachers in areas ranging from elementary education to secondary sciences, humanities and arts. Learn more about Endorsements

Every new cohort starts in Summer Quarter and graduates at the end of the following Spring.

With a cohort of dedicated teacher candidates, supportive faculty, staff, mentor teachers and community mentors, your learning about teaching will happen through a range of experiences. 

With options like dual-degree and alternate routes, our program meets you where you are so you can get education that meets your needs. Learn more about eligibility 

To complete the program, teacher candidates must earn 60 credits, including successful completion of student teaching and an end-of-program culminating project. Graduates from the MiT program receive a master's degree and a recommendation for initial teacher certification in Washington state.

Credit Overview

See specific courses in the Academic Catalog

Graduates go on to teach all levels of K-12, as well as join other education related fields. Many become award winning educators and leaders in their fields. Evergreen graduates have a high placement rate and are respected across the region and beyond.

Become a Teacher in Washington State!

When you graduate, you will be a teacher who:

• Develops knowledge of and value for their students’ multiple and interlocking identities as they plan, teach, assess and communicate with students, families and caregivers.
• Engages positive communication with families and caregivers grounded in cultural humility and in service of supporting student well-being.
• Engages in conversations, planning and actions that address and seek to change racist, ableist, settler colonial, classist, sexist, xenophobic and transphobic policies, practices and curriculum.
• Helps create and support a caring, respectful, culturally sustaining learning environment characterized by a sense of community where all participants feel safe, valued and connected.
• Implements culturally responsive classroom routines that provide student agency and voice in designing and adjusting routines to support community learning and student well-being.
• Plans vibrant lessons, units and other learning opportunities integrating school curriculum, community cultural wealth and the big ideas in state/national standards.
• Engages students in inquiry, questioning and discussion within and across disciplines.
• Engages students socially and intellectually, supporting their relationships, collaborations, curiosities, literacies, critical thinking and well-being. This includes multiple ways for students to engage and represent their ideas and questions.
• Engages multiple strategies for collecting and using formative assessments that elicit understanding, analyze progress and provide constructive feedback.
• Builds collaborative relationships with school colleagues, community educators, families and caregivers.

Teacher candidates will be prepared to pursue careers in their chosen endorsement area and earn an English Language Leaner endorsement. An EL endorsement prepares you for multiple models of teaching such as stand-alone EL K-12 classrooms, K-12 integrated EL elementary and secondary content-area classes, dual language programs and push-in/pull-out EL instructional approaches.

Students receive focused and supportive mentorship from faculty, while learning in their own classrooms and during student teaching. Students will be placed in the field for the entirety of the program, gaining a full year of classroom experience. 

The year-long field experience will include the equivalent of one quarter of ELL field experience and two quarters of a field experience in your chosen endorsement area.

Schedule Overview

You may have 2 field placements: one in an EL classroom and one in your content area classroom.

Credit Overview

This cohort students will focus on five curricular strands: Praxis, Inquiry, Community Teaching, Learning in Context, and Responding to a World on Fire. Each strand has learning opportunities that connect to land, taking a stand and asking where knowledge lives. Like braids of rope, the strands work together to create a strong teacher preparation experience.

This cohort has a strong focus on mentorship, historical community and teacher mentors are a valued and integral part of the program. You will have many champions as you learn and grow on your teaching journey. 

Students will prepare a culminating final project: Inquiry, Action, and Equity. 

Schedule Overview

School Placement

In the fall, you will begin your immersive experience at a K-12 school. Some will be placed at a school with other teacher candidates so you can learn from your shared experiences throughout the school year.

Credit Overview