For the March 2021 issue of the Attallah College Undergraduate Newsletter, we interviewed a current graduate student and recent alumna of Chapman’s accelerated, five-year MA in Curriculum and Instruction (MACI) program. Alina Bitter (BA in IES ’20 and MACI ’21) and Alyssa Kaplan (BA in IES ’19 and MACI ’20) share their favorite memories of
Are you looking to accelerate your career pathway in teaching? For those who want to teach in elementary or secondary schools, Chapman University’s MA in Curriculum and Instruction (MACI) Program may be the perfect match, allowing you to earn your master’s degree and California teaching credential through an accelerated process. Chapman students interested in the
Ansley Wong (IES ’18, MACI ’19) was recently named a Fulbright Scholar and awarded an English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) grant in Taiwan. The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is the largest U.S. exchange program offering research, study, and teaching opportunities in over 140 countries to students and young professionals. Each year the program awards around 2,000
As Amanda Moore (IES ’17, MACI ’18) was pursuing her teaching credential at Chapman University, she didn’t know her soon-to-be classroom would be Disneyland. “My plan throughout my time at Chapman was to become a classroom teacher,” said Amanda. “When I began at Disney, I just thought it would be a fun job to have
Nicole Williams ’20, a third-year Chapman undergraduate double majoring in Integrated Educational Studies and Psychology and minoring in Spanish, recently collaborated with a local elementary school on the creation of its new logo. This fall, Jordan Academy of Language and Computer Science will be implementing a two-way Spanish immersion program in combination with a computer
Current MACI program residency students, Marina Ballesteros and Danielle Pomeroy, along with MACI advisor and IES Associate Professor Dr. Noah Golden share their insights on the MACI program, an accelerated program in the Attallah College of Educational Studies that allows for the completion of a bachelor’s degree, Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction (MACI),
The Attallah College of Educational Studies was recently awarded a special grant by the California Council on Teacher Education (CCTE) Special Interest Group (SIG) on Inclusive Education. The grant, made possible by the CEEDAR Center, a national center funded by the US Department of Education’s Office of Special Education Programs, is part of a state
It’s not often you see clusters of smiling children and their parents eagerly doing math problems on a Friday night. At the Salk-Chapman Community Math Night last week, all the “work” involved fun group activities, as kids and families huddled together to build 3D shapes and then rushed to other stations to clap, jump, and