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[quote=Anonymous]Previously....in VA you could not major in education (BA/BS Ed) and obtain a teaching license in 4 yrs. You needed to major in Interdisciplinary Studies, English, etc.  and then add a 5th Masters in Teaching for your teaching license. The added benefit being all teachers in VA had a Masters degree in 1 year. Most schools offered the 4+1 Masters in Teaching (MAT) Program and/or 4+1 Masters in Education (MEd) Program.

However, in response to state-wide teacher shortages, a recent change in VA state regulations now allows colleges to offer an undergraduate major in education with a four-year path to teacher licensure.

As such, several schools are discontinuing their 5 Year Programs:

UVA Article: https://news.virginia.edu/content/curry-school-launches-four-year-teacher-education-majors
UMW will now offer Four-year Programs in their College of Education. The four-year licensure pathways include a B.S.Ed. in Elementary Education with a major in education, and programs in secondary, PK12, or special education. All students who apply to the College of Education in the Fall of 2020 will be required to do the four-year programs as the five-year programs will no longer be offered. Opportunities for graduates to complete an accelerated master’s degree while they are teaching full-time is in development and will be available for students entering the four-year programs.

However, CNU notes that they are not discontinuing its 5-Year MAT Program...."we feel strongly that teachers who have degrees in a subject area are better prepared for the content they will be teaching.  Also, if you decide to step out of the classroom at some point in the future, you will have an undergraduate degree in a field (English, sociology, psychology, math, etc.) that can open other career doors."

My DC was very much interested in the 5-Year M.S. degree at UMW. Now it is not offered but rather there will supposedly be opportunities for B.S.Ed. graduates to complete an accelerated master’s degree while they are teaching full-time.

Is CNU's 5-Year MAT Program where she'd earn a BA/BS in a subject area and then a Masters in Teaching a better option than going with a B.S.Ed. and then potentially an accelerated Masters Degree?? Pros/Cons of each path?
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