Teacher Education Program

Patricia Tempesta, Assistant Professor and H&S Coordinator of Teacher Education

The teacher education program coordinates the teaching option for all students in the School of Humanities and Sciences who are working for New York State initial certification.

Required Core Program

The following required core program is for all teacher education candidates in the School of Humanities and Sciences applying for certification.

327-21910	Elements of Tutoring	3
312-20100	Technology for the Middle/Secondary School Teacher	2
327-10100	Literacy Education for the Middle/Secondary School Teacher	2
620-23900	Educating Children with Special Needs	2
620-22900	Second Language Acquisition: Its Nature and Meaning for Educators	2
330-21010	Educational Psychology	3
795-34000	Social Foundations of Education	3
327-30810	Pedagogy and Practice across the Disciplines	3
327-30510	Pedagogy and Practice for the Mathematics Teacher or
327-31010	Pedagogy and Practice for the Science Teacher or
327-31110	Pedagogy and Practice for the English Teacher or
327-31210	Pedagogy and Practice in the Teaching of Social Studies or
327-31310	Pedagogy and Practice of Teaching Languages other than English	3
327-41210	Seminar on the Practical Issues of Teaching	3
327-49810	Professional Semester in Education	12
795-11000	Child Abuse Identification and Prevention	0
795-11100	Drug and Alcohol Abuse: Identification and Prevention	0
	Total required	38

Additional Requirements

1. All teaching-option students must successfully complete a year of college-level study in a language other than English. Students may test out of this requirement by taking the language placement test and placing at level 2 or above. Some departments require two years of language study; please consult departmental requirements.

2. All teaching-option students must successfully complete a writing course at the 106 level or above.

3. All teaching-option students must successfully complete the second-year review and maintain a minimum 2.75 GPA in their subject. Some departments require a higher GPA; please consult departmental requirements. If a student receives an unsuccessful review, or a review with stipulations, the student must participate in and successfully pass a second review the following year. Unsuccessful reviews and reviews with stipulations will be accompanied by a written statement outlining what must be done before the next review is completed.

4. Students must earn a grade of B or better in the pedagogy sequence to qualify for student teaching. A grade of B- does not qualify.

5. Professional Semester in Education and Seminar on the Practical Issues of Teaching constitute a full course load during the student-teaching semester. No additional courses may be taken.

6. All candidates for initial certification must successfully complete all three sections of the New York State Teacher Certification Exam: the liberal arts and sciences test, the assessment of teaching skills-written, and the content area exam.

7. The student's department chair and the coordinator of teacher education in the School of Humanities and Sciences must approve any exceptions to the above requirements.