Adolescence Education
Paul Nochelski, S.J., Chair; Janet M. Ferguson, Director; Ali Ait Si Mhamed, M. Fernanda Astiz, Barbara Burns, Lorrei DiCamillo, Kristin V. Finn, Ellen M. Hamm, Julie Henry, Rosemary K. Murray, Gillian Richardson, Mary E. Shea.
The adolescence education program provides teacher certification in grades 7-12. Canisius offers certification in ten disciplines at the adolescence level: English, mathematics, social studies, French, German, Spanish, biology, chemistry, physics and business. Candidates should possess a bachelor’s degree with a major, or its equivalent of a minimum of 36 credit hours, in the academic discipline. All candidates for adolescence education certification will need as a pre-requisite one semester study of a language other than English at the college or university level, or its equivalent. One feature of this program is that students will be able to obtain a downward extension to teach at the Middle Childhood level in grades 5-6.
Required courses for initial certification in adolescence education:
| EDR 502 | Foundations of Literacy Instruction | 3 | ||
| EDR 503 | Literacy in Secondary School | 3 | ||
| EDR 505 | Foundations of Education | 3 | ||
| EDU 515 | Measurement and Assessment | 3 | ||
| EDAD 517 | Teaching Strategies: Adolescence | 3 | ||
| EDU 541 | Inclusive Strategies | 3 | ||
| EDAD 555 | Human Growth and Development: Adolescence | 3 | ||
| EDAD 560 | Cognition, Learning and Assessment: Adolescence | 3 | ||
| EDAD 561-566 | Methods of Teaching: Adolescence | 3 |
| Select area of certification: | ||
| EDAD 561 Business | EDAD 564 Modern Languages | |
| EDAD 562 English | EDAD 565 Science | |
| EDAD 563 Mathematics | EDAD 566 Social Studies |
| EDAD 572 | Seminar in Teaching and Assessment: Adolescence (100 hours of classroom observation required) |
3 | ||
| EDAD 573A | Student Teaching: Adolescence | 12 | ||
| EDAD 574A | Child Abuse Seminar | 0 | ||
| EDAD 575A | Prevention of School Violence Seminar | 0 |
| 573A, 574A, 575A must be registered for the same semester. 574 & 575 occur during student teaching |
| TOTAL 42 |
Required Certification Exams for Initial Certification (NYSTCE):
LAST: Liberal Arts and Science
ATS-W: Assessment of Teaching Skills - Written (Secondary)
CST: Content Specialty Test - (Subject Area of Certification)
Other Certification Requirements:
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Child Abuse Seminar & Prevention of School Violence Seminar
At this point candidates will be eligible for initial certification in Adolescence Education.
TOTAL 51
Additional three courses required for Masters Degree in Adolescence Education and Professional Certification:
Two Electives at the 500-600 level
6
EDU 615 at the 500-600 level
3
Candidates wishing to obtain an extension to teach grades 5-6 (thus enabling candidates to teach middle childhood grades 5-9 as well as adolescence grades 7-12) must take the following additional courses:
| EMC 552 | Human Growth and Development in Middle Childhood | 3 | ||
| EMC 553 | Cognition, Learning, Assessment and Diagnostic Teaching in Middle Childhood | 3 |
These courses may be taken as the two electives noted above.