In addition to being the official home for all teacher education programs in the School of Humanities and Sciences, the Department of Education serves every teacher education program across campus.

We promote educational outreach for campus-wide teacher education programs by sponsoring seminars, workshops, and conferences for teachers and prospective teachers. We also administer a number of formalized programs and partnerships with area schools, including the Partnership in Teaching program, Access to College Education (ACE), the Ithaca College-South Hill School Partnership, and the Ithaca College-Boynton Middle School Partnership.

In addition to local outreach, we also have a partnership with the Frederick Douglass Academy (FDA) in New York City's Harlem community. FDA is a public middle/secondary school that works with us to promote multicultural opportunities for students and faculty from both institutions.

The Office of Teaching and Certification, located in the Department of Education, assists all teacher education students with issues pertaining to teacher certification. This office also maintains data on all student teaching placements, facilitates cooperating teacher placements, and serves as the chief liaison with the New York State Education Department on all teacher education matters.

The Department of Education also offers elective courses that are open to all students on campus. For a current listing of these course offerings please see "Current Course Listing."