TESOL Teacher Preparation
Information, Forms, Assessments (for current students)

NYS Certification:
Requirements
Certification Materials and Schedule

Frameworks and Standards:
Teaching & Curriculum Framework
Warner School Target Proficiencies for Teachers Candidates
TESOL Standards for Teachers Candidates

Handbooks:
Student Teaching Handbook
Key Assessments

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Key Assessments/Milestones:

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)

Admissions Content Preparation Review: self-assessment of content preparation, to be reviewed and finalized at the admission interview with the faculty interviewer; to be filled in by the applicant prior to their admissions interview

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

NYS-LAST: standardized assessment of general content knowledge (same for all teacher candidates); NYS licensure test, administered directly by NYSED, to be taken as soon as possible after admission

NYS-ATS-W: standardized assessment of pedagogical knowledge (same for all secondary teacher candidates); NYS licensure test, administered directly by NYSED, to be taken before graduation but after having completed most of the coursework

Field Experiences Evaluation: evaluation form to be completed at the end of each field experience by the cooperating teacher, the university supervisor and the faculty supervisor

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

Comprehensive Portfolio: Master’s degree program culminating assessment for all candidates seeking their first initial teaching certification; rubrics to be filled by the advisor and another faculty member (assigned by T&C Chair)

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)