Early Childhood and Elementary Teacher Education
TEACH Collaborative Teacher Education Pathway (CTEP)

The Collaborative Teacher Education Pathway (CTEP) is a 10-month program that offers a Master of Education degree (M.Ed.) leading to Initial Massachusetts Licensure in either Elementary or Early Childhood Education.

CTEP seeks dynamic students interested in an intensive, full-time program of study that is rooted in constructivist theory with emphasis on active investigation, collaboration, problem solving, dialogue and reflection.

CTEP focuses on pedagogy that develops a community of learners, builds on students’ prior knowledge, assesses students’ understanding, plans inquiry-based curriculum, and designs differentiated instruction.

	Some of the students in the 2009-10 TEACH Collaborative Teacher Education Pathway (CTEP) pause from celebrating and gather for a group photo at our Graduation Celebration.

CTEP believes that the education of a diverse student population is fundamental. To support this important goal, CTEP students engage in substantial field work in both urban and suburban settings and actively explore issues of educational equity and social justice in academic coursework.

CTEP serves three important groups:

Graduating seniors at the University of Massachusetts

Graduating seniors from other institutions of higher education

Second-career professionals who desire to teach

Visit: CTEP Collaborative Teacher Education Pathway at http://www.umass.edu/ctep/

For more information on the TEACH Early Childhood and Elementary Teacher Education Collaborative Teacher Education Pathway (CTEP), please contact:

Camille Cammack, Ph.D.
CTEP Program Coordinator
223D Furcolo Hall
University of Massachusetts
813 North Pleasant Street
Amherst, MA 01003

Phone: 413-545-5734
Email: jcammack@educ.umass.edu