Masters Educational Leadership

The Master of Arts in ​Teaching (MAT) degree in Curriculum & Instruction with an Educational Leadership Concentration program prepares graduates for highly-effective teaching and leading within a variety of educational settings. Program graduates will deepen their EC-12 pedagogical expertise and learn how to strategically and cohesively lead educational organizations, people, and professional learning to maximize students' academic achievement and well-being.​

Note: The courses in this degree plan are taught using a hybrid of face-to-face and online instruction. The MAT degree program requires completion of a minimum of 36 semester credit-hours. For degree completion, a grade point average of 3.0 must be maintained. In addition, students must successfully complete a culminating Educational Leadership project (in MAT 6390) under the supervision of an appointed education professor.
 
This master's degree does not include initial Texas Teacher Certification or Texas Principal Certification. It does include a UHD-awarded Foundations of Educational Leadership certificate that may be recognized by partner school districts for certain teacher support positions and other role-based incentives.

 
Scholarship Assistance
All UHD MAT students are encouraged to apply for the Gordon and Mary Cain Graduate Academic Merit Scho​larship. This scholarship will pay for half the price of UHD MAT tuition/fees. Students can earn this scholarship more than once during the course of their MAT program.