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The Bard MAT is an intensive graduate teacher education program leading to a discipline-based master of arts in teaching degree and New York State initial teacher certification (grades 7–12) in one of five subjects: biology, history (social studies), literature (English), mathematics, or Spanish.

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The Bard MAT Program joins the New York State Department of Education (NYSED) in its commitment to the belief that a “complex system of biases and structural inequities is at play” in US schools, “deeply rooted in our country’s history, culture, and institutions. This system of inequity—which routinely confers advantage and disadvantage based on linguistic background, gender, skin color, and other characteristics—must be clearly understood, directly challenged, and fundamentally transformed. New York State understands that the responsibility of education is not only to prevent the exclusion of historically silenced, erased, and disenfranchised groups, but also to assist in the promotion and perpetuation of cultures, languages and ways of knowing that have been devalued, suppressed, and imperiled by years of educational, social, political, [and] economic neglect and other forms of oppression” (Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Education Framework 6). These shared commitments mean that Bard MAT faculty aim to incorporate an equity and inclusion dimension into our courses, that we regularly share and develop our understandings with one another, and that we expect our students to learn about, practice, and honor these commitments, as well, in their graduate coursework and in their work with secondary school students.

Why Bard MAT?

Why Bard MAT?
What makes us unique?
Graduate study in the discipline and in education
Graduate study in the discipline and in education
Extensive teaching residencies
Extensive teaching residencies
Small cohort model, individual attention, sustained mentoring
Small cohort model, individual attention, sustained mentoring
Commitment to diversity, inclusion, and restorative practice
Commitment to diversity, inclusion, and restorative practice

Alumni/ae Spotlights

Alum Spotlight
Nanda Fogle BA ’19 MAT ’20, Literature.

Nanda Fogle BA ’19 MAT ’20, Literature

Seventh Grade ELA Teacher, Urban Assembly Unison School

I really loved the ability to build my own skills in my content area, as well as gaining skills in teaching that content. Learning and practicing backward design really helped in planning curriculum. Student teaching gave me the opportunity I needed to apply various learning strategies to see what worked best for my teaching style.

Our Program

Our Program

The Bard MAT is an intensive graduate teacher education program leading to a discipline-based master of arts in teaching degree and New York State Initial Teacher Certification in one of five subjects: biology, history, literature, mathematics, or Spanish. The Bard MAT responds to an urgent need for innovative education. This transformation requires teachers who can help secondary school students develop the thoughtful self-determination that builds from a genuine enthusiasm for learning.

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PO Box 5000
Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504
Phone: 845-758-7145
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