
Stephanie Acierno missed the opportunity to walk across the stage at graduation last year when she received her master's degree. Instead, she had a different kind of celebration.
Prepare to become a certified educator of high school students with a degree from our highly ranked Ruth S. Ammon School of Education within our College of Education and Health Sciences.
Develop your passion for teaching and learn how to become an effective high school teacher and leader in the fields of English language arts, social studies, mathematics or the sciences. You’ll develop your own philosophy of education and core values as an educator while learning the art and science of teaching to this important age group.
Now I look in history for what isn’t talked about, and what can be talked about and should be talked about in the future. Making a change for the greater, and opening up people’s perceptions and eyes, is what I value very dearly.
We offer a 12-month, intensive accelerated program option geared to meet the needs of potential candidates who want to teach in a secondary school setting. Candidates begin the 37-credit program of study in June and complete all requirements by the following May leading to a Masters degree and recommendation for initial New York State certification (grades 7-12) in one of the following fields of study:
Successful graduates of this program are certified to teach grades 1–6. After completing the program, you may choose to pursue additional advanced certifications in:
Our program is grounded in field-based methods courses that provide our students with critical hands-on teaching experience from beginning to end, as well as a minimum of 100 hours of fieldwork required prior to graduation. These courses offer you the opportunity to practice in local classrooms, and create valuable future career connections before entering the more formal student teaching practicum.
Stephanie Acierno missed the opportunity to walk across the stage at graduation last year when she received her master's degree. Instead, she had a different kind of celebration.
Applicants for this program must have a minimum 3.0 GPA and should submit the following application requirements: