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Preparing English Teachers (Current)

PROGRAM (PE5):(NYS program code: 25030B; HEGIS #: 0804.00; ISIS code: PE5)
M.S. in Middle Childhood for Adolescence Education Teachers (English)
(for teachers with initial certification in Adolescence Education as Specialist in English)

Leads to the following NYS certification(s):

  • Extension to teach English in grades 5-6
  • Adolescence Education (Grades 7-12) as specialist in English (Professional)

(30 credits of coursework)

Program of study
View Sample Programs
(paths to degree depending on start date and full-time or part-time status)
Sample A -- full-time student
Sample B -- part-time student

Course # Course Title
Credits
Semester(s) Offered To be taken in (fill in)
    Masters' Core:
   
       
ED 406 Masters' Research Methods
3
Su, F, Sp  
EDU 442
OR:
ED 404
Race, Class, Gender & Disability in American Education
OR:
Teaching, Curriculum and Change
3
Su, Sp

Su, F, Sp
 
    Specialization Courses:
   
       
EDU 427 Theory & Practice in Teaching & Learning Literacy in Elementary School
3
F  
ED 446 Collaborative Teaching Partnerships in Inclusive Classrooms
3
Su  
EDU 431 Theory & Practice in Teaching & Learning English (or elective if already taken)

3
F  
EDU 443 Implementing Innovation in English Education (or elective if already taken)

3
Sp  
ED 409 Language & Literacy in Education
3
F  
     Electives:
   
           
   
3
   
   
3
   
   
3
   
        Field-based Courses: none                  
    Master's Essay
0
         

Sample program A -- full-time student

Summer 1: (take the following summer if starting in Fall)

  • Collaborative Teaching Partnerships in Inclusive Classrooms (3 credits)
  • Elective 1 (3 credits)

Fall 1:

  • Theory and Practice in Teaching and Learning English (3 credits)
  • Theory and Practice in Teaching and Learning Literacy in Elementary School (3 credits)
  • Language & Literacy in Education (3 credits)
  • Elective 2 (3 credits)

Spring 1:

  • Implementing Innovation in English Education (3 credits)
  • Race, Class, Gender and Disability in American Education OR: Teaching, Curriculum and Change (3 credits)
  • Masters' Research Methods (3 credits)
  • Elective 3 (3 credits)
  • Master's Essay (0 credits) redits)

Sample program B -- part-time student starting in Fall and taking 2 courses per semester

Fall 1:

  • Theory and Practice in Teaching and Learning English (3 credits)
  • Elective 1 (3 credits)

Spring 1:

  • Race, Class, Gender and Disability in American Education OR: Teaching, Curriculum and Change (3 credits)
  • Masters' Research Methods (3 credits)

Summer 2:

  • Collaborative Teaching Partnerships in Inclusive Classrooms (3 credits)
  • Elective 2 (3 credits)

Fall 2:

  • Theory and Practice in Teaching and Learning Literacy in Elementary School (3 credits)
  • Language & Literacy in Education (3 credits)

Spring 2:

  • Implementing Innovation in English Education (3 credits)
  • Elective 3 (3 credits)
  • Master's Essay (0 credits)