Required Courses for Certification in Adolescence Education (Gr 7-12)
EDAD 598
Professional Seminar
EDAD 502
Foundations of Literacy Instruction
(includes 30 hours of classroom field experience [Adobe Acrobat PDF])
EDU 505
Foundations of Education
EDAD 534*
Teaching Strategies & Assessment: Adolescence
EDAD 561-566
Methods of Teaching: Adolescence (choose one)
EDAD 561 Business
EDAD 562 English
EDAD 563 Mathematics
EDAD 564 Modern Language
EDAD 565 Science
EDAD 566 Social Studies/History
EDAD 503*
Literacy Skills for the Teaching Profession
EDAD 535
Learning & Human Development: Adolescence
EDAD 536
Differentiated Instruction for Diverse Learners
EDAD 537
Advanced Methods: Adolescence
(includes 70 hours of classroom field experience [Adobe Acrobat PDF])
EDAD 593**
Student Teaching
EDAD 594**
Student Teaching Seminar
EDU 595**
Child Abuse Seminar
EDU 596**
Prevention of School Violence Seminar
** These four courses are corequisites during the student teaching term.
*Business and Marketing Education candidates replace EDAD 534 and EDAD 503 with:
EMC 552 Human Growth & Development: Middle Childhood
EMC 553 Cognition, Learning & Assessment: Middle Childhood
New York State Teacher Certification Examinations Required:
1. LAST: Liberal Arts and Sciences Test
2. ATS-W: Assessment of Teaching Skills-Written
3. CST: Content Specialty Test (in academic area of certification)
Other certification requirements:
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For Professional Certification, canididates must complete the master's degree within five years of certification and teach for three years.
Additional Courses for Master of Science in Adolescence Education
EDAD 538 Contemporary Issues in the Methods of Teaching: (select one)
Social Sciences & Education
New Literacies
EDAD 616 Research Methods in: (select one)
Prerequisite: EDAD 538
Social Sciences & Education
New Literacies
Students will complete EDAD 538 and EDAD 616 by taking courses from the same strand, i.e., Social Sciences & Education or New Literacies (Adobe Acrobat PDF).
Optional: Middle Childhood Extension for Grades 5-6
EMC 552 Human Growth & Development: Middle Childhood
EMC 553 Cognition, Learning & Assessment: Middle Childhood
Note: Ontario Candidates must complete a criminal record check prior to starting the field experience in Ontario schools.