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Empire State College offers certification in the content areas listed below. To meet state education department requirements, applicants must possess a bachelor's degree and 30 credits in the content area of which 12 credits can be in cognates (related courses). In addition, all applicants must meet general education requirements. (Undergraduate courses with a grade below C are not acceptable. Graduate courses with a grade below B will not count toward content).
Middle Childhood Education (grades 5-9) and Adolescent Education (7-12) Content Requirements:
Templates for self review are linked to each certification area.
General Education Requirements for State Certification:
Applicants must have completed 30 semester hours of liberal arts and sciences general education.
Certification and Degree Requirements
To qualify for the transitional B teaching certificate and enter a mentored teaching position, the student must successfully complete the first year of graduate coursework, which incorporates the introductory requirements for the transitional B certificate (including passing scores on the LAST and CST and all content and general education requirements). Additionally, the student must find full time employment for the transitional B certification application.
To earn the MAT degree, the student must successfully complete the remainder of the 42 credits for the MAT, which are integrated with two years of teaching under the transitional B certificate.
To qualify for the NYS initial teaching certificate, the candidate must complete all degree requirements including two years of successful mentored teaching under the transitional B certificate, and pass the required NYS Teacher Certification Examination written assessment of teaching skills test (ATS-W).
Admission applications are available online at www.esc.edu/gradapply.
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