Careers in the field of deaf education
The Canisius College program enables graduate students to earn a master's degree and certification to teach students who are deaf or hard of hearing from birth through 21 in states that have reciprocity with New York State. Certification is received from New York State and from the Council on the Education of the Deaf (CED), the only national organization that grants teacher certification to deaf education preparation programs at colleges and universities.
At Canisius College you will be challenged to become a teacher in a rigorous two year graduate program that prepares you to teach children in a wide variety of settings: residential schools, public day schools, resource rooms, inclusion settings and itinerant situations. The program is an accredited comprehensive course of study, and you will experience that thoroughness as you take classes and interact with children who are deaf or hard of hearing. The program develops teachers who are able to interrelate the effects of hearing loss on language, learning, cognition, and speech; to develop competency in presenting academic content to children who have hearing losses; and to collaborate with families, other professionals and non-professionals.