Our Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure (MTEL) workshops and courses cover practice questions, test-taking strategies, some content, and resources for individual study to Lesley students and alumni, current Lesley applicants, and the general public during the Fall and Spring semesters.

All workshops meet on each of the dates scheduled in a synchronous, remote format.

See below for how to register for a workshop.

Workshop Schedule

Dates & Times

Dates and times coming soon.

Cost

$20 for Lesley students, current applicants, and alumni; $200 for the general public.

Register

Registration links coming soon.

Support

If you are a Lesley student seeking individual support for the Communication and Literacy Reading and/or Writing MTELs, please contact Adam Mooney (amooney2@lesley.edu) at our Center for Student Success and Advising.

Dates & Times

Dates and times coming soon.

Cost

$20 for Lesley students, current applicants, and alumni; $200 for the general public.

Register

Registration links coming soon.

Support

If you are a Lesley student seeking individual support for the Communication and Literacy Reading and/or Writing MTELs, please contact Adam Mooney (amooney2@lesley.edu) at our Center for Student Success and Advising.

Dates & Times

Friday, 11/14/25 (5:00–8:30 pm)
Friday, 11/21/25 (5:00 pm–8:30 pm)

Cost

$20 for Lesley students, current applicants, and alumni; $175 for the general public.

Register

Registration for Lesley students

Registration for the general public

Dates & Times

Dates and times coming soon.

Description

LMTEL 5600 is a 4-session (total of 18 hours) workshop that covers Number Sense; Geometry and Measurement; Probability, Data, and Statistics; Patterns, Relations and Algebra; and open-response questions. Includes an online math diagnostic and online support between workshops. Limited to 40 attendees, first-come, first-served.

Cost

$100 for Lesley students and alumni; $325 for the general public. EDIAG 5000 is the diagnostic portion, which is included.


Please note that the General Curriculum MTEL was recently revised and reconfigured. Please see the MTEL website for more information.

There are two MTEL workshops aligned to the General Curriculum: Mathematics, Science and Technology/Engineering (278):

  • LMTEL 5600 General Curriculum: Math
  • LMTEL 5601 General Curriculum: Science and Technology/Engineering Workshop

Dates & Times

Saturday, 11/22/25 (9:00–1:00 pm)
Sunday, 11/23/25 (9:00 am–1:00pm)

Description

Prerequisite: A course in literacy
All workshop registrants will be co-registered in an online Phonics Diagnostic, EDIAG 5100. This tool covers knowledge of phonics and phonics instruction required for passing the Foundations of Reading MTEL, and is designed to help students determine whether, and in what phonics areas, they may need additional work. 

Cost

$20 for Lesley students and alumni; $200 for the general public.

Register

Registration for Lesley students

Registration for general public

Dates & Times

Friday, 11/7/25 (5:00–7:00 pm)
Friday, 11/14/25 (5:00–7:00 pm)

Description

This workshop covers strategies for taking the test, along with an overview of test content and outline structures for the open response questions. 

Cost

$20 for Lesley students, current applicants, and alumni; $125 for the general public.

Register

Registration for Lesley students

Registration for general public

Dates & Times

Dates and times coming soon.

Description

The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) provides a self-paced, no-cost ESL MTEL Prep Course. Please find more information here.

Cost

$100 for Lesley students and alumni; $325 for the general public.

Register

Registration links coming soon.

Dates & Times

Dates and times coming soon.

Cost

$20 for Lesley students, current applicants, and alumni; $125 for the general public.

Register

Registration links coming soon.

Dates & Times

Dates and times coming soon.

Cost

$20 for Lesley students, current applicants, and alumni; $150 for the general public.

Register

Registration links coming soon.


Please note that the General Curriculum MTEL was recently revised and reconfigured. Please see the MTEL website for more information.

There are two MTEL workshops aligned to the General Curriculum: Mathematics, Science and Technology/Engineering (278):

  • LMTEL 5600 General Curriculum: Math
  • LMTEL 5601 General Curriculum: Science and Technology/Engineering Workshop

Contact the Certification Office

General MTEL Assistance

Math MTEL Assistance

Address

  • (Mail) Certification Office
    Lesley University
    29 Everett Street
    Cambridge, MA 02138

    (Office) 1815 Massachusetts Avenue, 2nd Floor
    Cambridge, MA 02140

Although we try to ensure certification information is accurate and complete, contents are subject to change.