Master in Teaching in Secondary Teacher Education

The Secondary Teacher Education Program (STEP) is an intensive one-year Master in Teaching and certification program in secondary math, science, social studies, English or a world language. We prepare graduates to affirm and support middle or high school students from myriad identities through the lens of educational justice. At STEP, you’ll receive expert mentorship and engage in extensive fieldwork. This cohort-based program starts in summer quarter and finishes with full-time student teaching. You will learn how to use evidence-based strategies and provide equitable and effective opportunities through the features that set our program apart: Focus on issues of justice and equity, with particular emphasis on supporting adolescent students of all identities; Focus on issues related to culturally sustaining pedagogy and leveraging healthy relationships with students; Fieldwork at a school in the greater Seattle region, undertaken concurrently with on-campus courses each quarter.

At minimum, you must have the equivalent of a U.S. bachelor's degree (a four-year degree from an institution of recognized standing).