Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) with a Secondary Teaching License (Modern Languages)

Languages

The MAT is offered in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, and Spanish. All languages are on the Middlebury campus, except for Arabic and Italian, located on the Bennington campus. Two summers are taught in-language, with online courses in English during the academic year.

Format 

The MAT is an 18-month master’s degree leading to licensure designed for working professionals, who can enroll for the summer in person and work part-time online during the academic year. 

MAT students join their Language School for two 6-week summers in Vermont (in their target language) and participate fully in cocurricular activities, from clubs and performances to guest speakers and films to dances and athletics with the immersion and graduate students.

During the academic year between the summers, students take four 7-week asynchronous courses in English together with MAT students from different languages. In the final fall, students complete a 13-week teaching practicum in their preferred state while completing a final 15-week course. This 15-week course is designed to be a resource to students as they do their student teaching and guide them in completing their licensure portfolio.

Dates and Fees

*Tuition ($8,235) and on-campus housing/food ($3,990) are included in the total bill. Cost of attendance does not include transportation, books and supplies, health insurance, and personal living expenses. Students are required to live on campus and have meals together in dining halls, organized by language. The MAT will involve additional fees ($300 - $900) depending on the state you transfer the license to and the language you are seeking to get licensed to teach.

**Cost of attendance typically increases about 4.5% each academic year.

Funding

Middlebury may meet up to 100% (tuition, on-campus housing and food) of your demonstrated need. This means that if you qualify, you will attend the Language Schools at little to no costs.

Within a few days of submitting your application, you will receive an email with the subject “Middlebury Financial Aid Information” that includes instructions for applying to need-based financial aid from the Middlebury Financial Aid Portal. You will also receive a second email with links to apply to fellowships and scholarships.

Eligibility

Master’s degrees are for students who have already acquired graduate-level proficiency in their language and have generally studied their language for four years or longer, unless they are native speakers. Please see the MAT Application & Program Policies for more details. Read more about a current student in the program.

• BA (or equivalent) from regionally accredited institution
• Graduate-level proficiency in language
• At this time, open only to U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents.

Application Requirements

• Middlebury Language Schools Graduate Application Requirements (Transcripts, application fee, recommendation forms, additional information)
• Praxis Basic Skills (formerly Praxis I) and Praxis Subject (formerly Praxis II) tests or authorized equivalents
  
  • These are optional at time of application, but it is strongly recommended that you complete them by the beginning of the online academic year. Please see the MAT Application & Program Policies for more information. Because this is a Vermont state requirement, we cannot recommend you for licensure if these are incomplete.
• You will be asked to verify that you understand the requirements for transferring your Vermont license or coursework to the state you desire to teach in.
• Additional Application Questions and Information
• For non-native speakers of English: TOEFL or IELTS (if applicable)

Application

New Applicants (including if you have attended Language Schools previously as an Immersion or Graduate Student): 

• Select ‘Graduate Level - New Applicants (MA or DML)’, your language, and ‘Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) with a Secondary Teaching License’ on the application. 

Deadline

Applications for the MAT program are due by May 15. Please see Application Deadlines for Graduate Programs.