MA in Teaching

with Teacher Credential recommendation

Now Available - Teacher Education Online! Our teacher education program now includes an online option. Click here to learn more about our online Catholic MA (CATMAT) and online Teacher Education (MATTC) programs!

One or two year program for candidates seeking supervised field experiences as a student teacher in a California public school.

Experience the Santa Clara Difference

Our vision imagines a region and world in which everyone has access to an inspiring education and the psychological tools and support to propel them toward flourishing lives of meaning, purpose and connection. Our education is characterized by strong values, social justice, transformative education and a diverse community.

OUR PROGRAM

Santa Clara University's Master of Arts in Teaching and Teaching Credential (MATTC) program prepares you to be a teacher who uses education as a tool for promoting social justice, racial equity, and respect for diversity. MATTC will foster your abilities to support academic competence for all students and to meaningfully engage with the communities you serve.

In as little as one year, you can be eligible to earn a California preliminary teaching credential and will be prepared to teach in public, Catholic, or private schools. Our graduates are in high demand because of their commitment to ensuring that all students learn. Our program offers opportunities to earn a bilingual authorization in Spanish and multiple scholarships that can bring down tuition costs significantly. In fact, the SEMILLA Scholarship provides a 50% tuition discount to any selected candidates.

The MATTC program will prepare you to teach in elementary or secondary schools. We now also offer an online program, so you can be part of our MATTC program from anywhere in California.

Generous scholarship with the tuition

Program Pathways

Program Details

One or two year program for those planning to work as a full-time teacher of record in a Califiornia public elementary, middle, or high school.

Two-year program designed for current California Catholic school teachers to earn their MAT and teaching credential.

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We have multiple scholarship opportunities, including Semilla Scholarship (50% tuition reduction). See Financial Aid page to learn more.

Taylor Tompkins, ’17, Education

"SCU School of Education is so welcoming! All of the professors and staff are very helpful and try their best to make sure every student is successful inside and outside of the classroom. Growing up down the street from SCU I have always dreamed of going to school at this great institute. Being a part of the SCU family, it has opened up great doors in careers, knowledge, and lifelong friendships."

Taylor Tompkins, ’17, Education

Brandon Hernandez BS'18, MA '20

Each course was structured in a way where teachers (especially MATTC interns) are able to directly apply what they learn into their next day of teaching. Through the MATTC program, I was able to gain the ability to write meaningful learning targets that incorporate both specific content goals and ELD goals. I learned how to create meaningful assignments that support language development and I discovered how to appropriately group students to welcome peer-to-peer collaboration.

Brandon Hernandez BS'18, MA '20

TK-8 / Elementary Education

6-12/Secondary Education

Two-year, 100% tuition funded program designed to prepare and develop teachers to serve Catholic education in the Dioceses of San Jose and Monterey. ExCEL members commit to living together in intentional communities.

Two-year program designed for WASC accredited private school teachers in California to earn their MAT and teaching credential.

For MATTC candidates fluent in Spanish and English interested in teaching in bilingual settings.

MATTC Faculty

Cohort Model

Evening Classes

1 Year or 2 Year duration

Course Schedules