SCSU offers a Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program in a number of certification areas, including high-needs areas such as Special Education, Bilingual Education and Science Education. The MAT program serves the dual purpose of preparing students to teach in the State of Connecticut, as well as providing them with a Master's degree.

The following concepts are the foundation of SCSU’s teacher preparation programs and are demonstrated by faculty, students, administrators and staff:

• Collaborating within and across diverse contexts: SCSU teacher candidates demonstrate the skills, experience, mindsets and professional dispositions to work within and across the multicultural and increasingly technological contexts of the 21st century global society.
• Applying skills to impact learning and development: SCSU teacher candidates demonstrate well-developed content knowledge and skills specific to their individual professions.
• Leading for excellence: SCSU teacher candidates exhibit and encourage communication excellence, professional dispositions and positive pro-social behaviors. They also demonstrate competency in evidence-based decision making.
• Learning through inquiry, experience and reflection: SCSU teacher candidates are learners who value and strive for pedagogical, professional and scholarly practice that is premised on research-based evidence, personal reflection, and authentic experience in their professions.