MAT Schedule

MAT Schedule

June 8^th to July 2^nd

•  Class meets 9-11:30, Monday through Thursday
• Build in 2 hours a day for class preparation plus 4 hours on the weekend

July 6^th to July 30^th (aka “Boot Camp”)

• One class meets 9-11:30, Monday through Thursday
• The second class meets on Mondays and Wednesdays from 1:00-5:30
• Build in 2 hours a day for class preparation on Mondays and Wednesdays, 4 hours per day on Tuesdays and Thursdays, plus 8 hours on the weekend

Early August

• Note that it is recommended, but not required, that you experience what the first days of school are like by attending your field placement the day before public school classes start and the first 3 days of school. Most area schools start in early August. Some people even just stay on in the classroom for the whole first weeks of August in the mornings.

August 17^th  - Fall semester begins

• Work in schools Monday-Friday mornings (approximately 8-12, but it will depend on the specific school you are in)
• University classes:
• Monday and Thursday 1:00-3:45
• Tuesday 1:00-5:00
• Wednesday 5:00-8:00 (likely time, but subject to change)
• Build in 2 hours a day on weekdays to prepare for your teaching and your classes plus 8-12 hours on the weekends.

Spring semester

• The spring calendar is still in its draft stage, so I am just predicting here based on past years.
• It is likely that you will be in your student teaching internship fulltime (approximately 8am-3pm) from mid-January until mid-April. Many MATers prefer to start their internships a week early when the schools start which allows them more free days later in the semester for interviews, job fairs, etc.
• In 2015, the capstone class and the reading class were back to back on Mondays from 4:00-8:00.
• Keep the last two weeks in April open because the schedule is based on how much still needs to be wrapped up before the program ends. In the past we have met most days from 1:00-3:00 those weeks. 
• MATers take spring break with the school they are working with not with the rest of the university.
• MATers take a pedagogy course in the spring, and the dates and times it is offered can differ widely. For English and social science teachers, the class is likely to be 6 Saturdays, 9:00-3:00 in Macon. Art and foreign language tend to meet on a weekday evening.