Additional Assessments:
Note to Evaluators
First Certification: Students seeking their very first teaching certification and pursuing Initial and Professional certification simultaneously
Additional Certification: Students who are seeking Initial and Professional certification in THIS area, but already have another teaching certification in a different area
Professional Certification Only: Students who have obtained initial teaching certification in the SAME area through an undergraduate degree and are seeking professional certification in that area (possibly with extension to other grades and/or inclusive classrooms)
NYS-CST: standardized assessment of content knowledge in the subject matter of specialization; NYS licensure test, administered directly by NYSED, to be taken as soon as possible after admission
Student Teaching Evaluation: evaluation form to be completed at the end of each student teaching placement by the cooperating teacher, the university supervisor and the faculty supervisor
Lesson Plan: assignment to be completed in the first “methods” course; rubrics to be filled in by the candidate and the course instructor
Innovative Unit: assignment to be completed during the second “methods” course (literacy methods for elementary and early childhood candidates); rubrics to be filled in by the candidate and the course instructor
Master’s Essay: Master’s degree program culminating assessment for all candidates other than those seeking their first initial teaching certification; rubrics to be filled by the advisor and another faculty member (assigned by T&C Chair)
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