Want a unique way to prepare for the real world? Check out The College of Idaho's Fifth-year Internship program in Education.
The certification-only program is for students who have a degree from The College of Idaho, have completed the appropriate undergraduate course work in education, wish to be certified teachers in Idaho, but who do not wish to complete the MAT degree.
During their first four years, C of I students are exposed to a broad liberal arts background. If a student plans to teach secondary school, their major and one minor become their first and second teaching fields. If the goal is elementary school, students will major in precertification/ interdisciplinary elementary education. They then spend a fifth year interning at a local school.
Both the elementary and secondary preparation programs culminate in a fifth-year internship with placements in multiple grade levels and, in the case of secondary candidates, different subject areas.