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The Elementary MAT (DeLeT) Program
Preparing Teacher-Leaders to Transform Jewish Day Schools
The Elementary MAT (DeLeT) Program
The Elementary MAT (DeLeT) program benefits from partnership with the Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education.
Applications are currently being accepted -- Rolling admission for the 2008-09 MAT/DeLeT cohort (summer 2008 start) is underway. Contact: DeLeT@brandeis.edu, 781-736-2022. Application details.
Brandeis also offers a Secondary MAT (Bible) Program.
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Overview
The Elementary MAT (DeLeT) (DeLeT: Day School Leadership through Teaching; the Hebrew word for “door”), is a degree program that opens a door to a career in day school education. DeLeT prepares recent college graduates and mid-career changers to teach general and Judaic studies in the elementary grades in Jewish day schools.
The program involves two summers of study on campus at Brandeis University and a yearlong mentored internship in a local day school, partnered with an experienced mentor teacher. There is a sister DeLeT program at Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion (HUC-JIR) in Los Angeles, which has distinct features and shares common elements with the program at Brandeis.
Students in the Elementary MAT (DeLeT) program earn a Master of Arts in Teaching in elementary education, and are eligible for initial teaching licensure (grades 1 - 6) from the State of Massachusetts.
Admission is highly selective, with class size limited to 10-12 students per year. DeLeT students come from diverse professional, academic and personal backgrounds. The program is open to hard-working, Jewishly-motivated, and intellectually-curious individuals who love children and are passionate about learning and teaching.
Generous scholarships are available.
More about the Master of Arts in Teaching: Jewish Day Schools programs.
Contact
For more information contact Judy Elkin: 781-736-2099; delet@brandeis.edu