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Preparing Mathematics Teachers (Current)

PROGRAM (PM5):(NYS program code: 25030A; HEGIS #: 0804.00; ISIS code: PM5)
M.S. in Middle Childhood for Adolescence Education Teachers (Mathematics)

(for teachers with initial certification in Adolescence Education as Specialist in Mathematics)

Leads to the following NYS certification(s):

  • Extension to teach mathematics in grades 5-6
  • Adolescence Education (Grades 7-12) as specialist in mathematics (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*
OR:
ED 446
Theory & Practice in Teaching & Learning Literacy in Elementary School OR:
Collaborative Teaching Partnerships in Inclusive Classrooms
3
F

Su
 
EDU 430 Theory & Practice in Teaching & Learning Mathematics in Elementary School
3
F  
EDU 436 Theory & Practice in Teaching & Learning Mathematics (or elective if already taken)

3
F  
EDU 444 Implementing Innovation in Mathematics Education (or elective if already taken)
3
Sp  
     Electives:
   
           
   
3
   
   
3
   
   
3
   
   
3
   
        Field-based Courses: none                  
    Master's Essay
0
         
*If EDU 427 is chosen, then one of the electives should be EDU 498 - Literacy Learning as Social Practice.

Sample program A -- full-time student (Eliminate or substitute with an elective any course you already took in a previous program)

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

  • Collaborative Teaching Partnerships in Inclusive Classrooms OR: Elective 1 (3 credits)
  • Elective 2 (3 credits)

Fall 1:

  • Theory and Practice in Teaching and Learning Mathematics (3 credits)
  • Theory and Practice in Teaching and Learning Mathematics in Elementary School (3 credits)
  • Elective 1 OR: Theory & Practice in Teaching & Learning Literacy in Elementary School (3 credits)
  • Elective 3 (3 credits)

Spring 1:

  • Implementing Innovation in Mathematics Education (3 credits)
  • Race, Class, Gender and Disability in American Education OR: Teaching, Curriculum and Change (3 credits)
  • Masters' Research Methods (3 credits)
  • Elective 4 (3 credits)
  • Master's Essay (0 credits)

Sample program B -- part-time student starting in Fall and taking 2 courses per semester (Eliminate or substitute with an elective any course you already took in a previous program)

Fall 1:

  • Theory and Practice in Teaching and Learning Mathematics (3 credits)
  • Theory and Practice in Teaching and Learning Mathematics in Elementary School (3 credits)

Spring 1:

  • Implementing Innovation in Mathematics Education (3 credits)
  • Masters' Research Methods (3 credits)

Summer 2:

  • Collaborative Teaching Partnerships in Inclusive Classrooms OR: Elective 1 (3 credits)
  • Elective 2 (3 credits)

Fall 2:

  • Elective 1 OR: Theory and Practice in Teaching and Learning Literacy in Elementary School (3 credits)
  • Elective 3 (3 credits)

Spring 2:

  • Race, Class, Gender and Disability in American Education OR: Teaching, Curriculum and Change (3 credits)
  • Elective 4 (3 credits)
  • Master's Essay (0 credits)