LTETPartnerships


Learning, Teaching & Educational Transformation

(non-licensure M.Ed. track)

"providing students with knowledge, tools, experience, and support so they can become constructive, reflective agents of change in education within traditional and non-traditional roles and settings, from a social justice perspective and by embedding reflection within their practice"

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Joining the track from/with other tracks or programs

last update 30 Oct. '12

All the situations below are subject to the usual condition for transfer credits that the grade must be B or higher.

Do you want to switch to the LTET track or


Switch to the LTET track

From another M.Ed. program

Send MEd001.PDF -- to the LTET coordinator together with your proposed LTET course plan (NonlicensureTrackflowsheet.doc). You must fulfill the LTET core requirements in order to graduate, and might have already met some of them within your previous track.

From another Master's program

Send a few paragraphs regarding why you are interested in LTET and this form to the LTET coordinator together with a note authorizing access to your original applications materials (transcripts, letters of recommendation, personal statement, etc.). The LTET admissions committee reviews and decides as soon as possible (usually within two weeks of receipt).

Add LTET while continuing your existing program (or vice versa)

This is most feasible if you are in a Certificate program, because at UMass Boston the same course can count both for a degree and a Certificate. Students have an advisor in each program under whose supervision the student fulfills the requirements of each program.

Add LTET to an existing Certificate program

Credits from a UMass Boston Certificate program may count for the non-licensure M.Ed. track (subject to the usual condition for transfer credits that the grade must be B or higher).
Students who have matriculated into another UMB Certificate program (with the exception of ABA; see below) may apply to add the LTET M.Ed. track by sending this form to the LTET coordinator together with a note regarding why you are interested in LTET and authorizing access to your original applications materials (transcripts, letters of recommendation, personal statement, etc.). The LTET coordinator reviews (or the admissions committee if the coordinator has any questions about the request) and decides as soon as possible (usually within two weeks of receipt).
This option is especially relevant for students from the following Certificate programs:

For students in the ABA program, it is necessary to submit a separate application to Graduate Admissions to be admitted to LTET.

Linking LTET M.Ed. to Professional Licensure
Students with initial licensure in MA can take 12 credits with EDCG prefixes to apply for professional licensure (for elementary ed) or 12 credits in their subject discipline (for middle & secondary ed).
They can then fit these 12 credits into the 33-credit CCT or 33-credit LTET requirements to get a Masters as well.

Linking LTET M.Ed. to 27-credit Graduate Certificate Leading to Initial Licensure in Moderate Disabilities (as approved by DESE)
Students who have matriculated into this Graduate Certificate may apply to add the LTET M.Ed. track by sending this form to the LTET coordinator together with a note regarding why you are interested in LTET and authorizing access to your original applications materials (transcripts, letters of recommendation, personal statement, etc.). The LTET coordinator reviews (or the admissions committee if the coordinator has any questions about the request) and decides as soon as possible (usually within two weeks of receipt). [The past practice has been discontinued, namely: You can request that your LTET advisor be the same person as your Moderate disabilities advisor, in which case LTET will do the cross-program consultation to see if this is possible.]

Add a Certificate program to LTET


Linking CCT certificate to LTET M.Ed.
Send this form to the CCT Program director, Peter Taylor.

Linking 27-credit Graduate Certificate Leading to Initial Licensure in Moderate Disabilities to LTET M.Ed. (as approved by DESE)
Students who have matriculated into the LTET track may apply to this Graduate Certificate separately -- see below. [The past practice has been discontinued, namely: sending this form to the Student Services Center (SSC) along with a letter of intent regarding why you are interested in adding the Certificate and authorizing the Special Education Graduate Program Director to access your original applications materials (transcripts, letters of recommendation, personal statement, etc.) (The SSC will assemble and pre-review the materials before review by the Special Education Program director; see Certificate admission requirements).] Students admitted to the 27 credit licensure program will be advised by faculty in Moderate Disabilities. This will ensure that they receive guidance and support in determining the order of courses they take toward an accredited program.