Background and Purpose 

          In response to the critical state-wide need for more qualified teachers of Modern Languages, the M.A.T. in French at the University of Maine has been redesigned with the collaboration of the University of Maine System and Colby, Bates, and Bowdoin Colleges.  The new program offers intensive courses in a language immersion setting during the summer session and academic-year courses by means of distance learning technology.

 Prospective Applicants

          K-12 teachers who hold conditional, transitional, provisional, professional, or targeted needs certificates in French get the opportunity to reach advanced levels of mastery in language and culture and to develop the pedagogical knowledge required for full certification from the Maine State Department of Education. The M.A.T. in French is congruent with the new guidelines for Modern and Classical Language Teacher Endorsement. Teachers who are already fully certified in language education may opt for courses in French language and culture or for the study of a second foreign language at the intermediate level or higher in lieu of the courses leading to certification.

Maine State Summer Institute for Teachers of French 2008
Registration for all courses is through the Graduate School at the University of Maine (207-581-3219). On-campus courses will be delivered, however, on the Gorham Campus of the University of Southern Maine. For information concerning classroom location and/or housing at USM, please contact Ms. Karin Pires Assistant Director of Summer Session, at 207-780-5011 or kpires@usm.maine.edu.Admission

Applicants must hold a bachelor’s  degree, have successfully completed 24 credit hours (or equivalent) in French and submit GRE scores. Forms are available from the Graduate School at 207-581-3219 or online at http://gradcatalog.umaine.edu/apply/index  Applicants should be advised that the application process can take a month or two because of required documentation: official transcripts, recommendations and GRE scores.

For M.A.T. in French program information, contact Prof. Jane Smith at 207-581-2079 or Jane.Smith@umit.maine.edu, or visit     http://www.umaine.edu/MLandC/grad.html.

 Advisory Council
 Charlotte Daniels, Bowdoin; Nancy Erickson, USM; Teresa Farrer, Foxcroft Academy;
 Katharine Harrington, UMFK; Adrianna Paliyenko, Colby; Raymond Pelletier, UM; Anne
 Pooler, UM; Kirk Read, Bates; Jane Smith, UM and Program Coordinator.