my husband and I are both looking for programs that can help us get a teaching certificate, but at the graduatelevel (or combination of undergrad/masters).
I have a BA in computer science and years of professional work teacing adults. He is an attorney with whatever education he needed for that, etc.
From my initial research all the programs I have found are at the undergrad level, and I really don't want another Bachelors. There must be a way of combining a masters with a teaching certificate...
Anyone have any advice??
Thanks in advance!
nov04LIbride
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NYS changed requirements so that you need a bachelor's degree in the subject area you want to teach (assuming you aren't talking about teaching college here--which your DH may have a shot at--he could try for teaching positions for law classes at the undergrad. level or law school teaching). Unfortunately for you that would mean a second bachelor's before getting the master's.
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If you plan on teaching Computer Science (at the elementary or secondary level) then all you need is initial certification to start. After that you have 5 years to finish up the master's. Check out Queens College (link) or if you are interested the NYC Teaching Fellowship has a good program (Link)
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Posted by MonkeyLuv
If you plan on teaching Computer Science (at the elementary or secondary level) then all you need is initial certification to start. After that you have 5 years to finish up the master's. Check out Queens College (link) or if you are interested the NYC Teaching Fellowship has a good program (Link)
D'oh I didn't realize there was computer science teaching now. At the college where I work we only offer the general subject areas (english, math, sciences, languages, etc). Teaching Fellowship and other programs do not require the bachelor's in the subject area.
ETA: Do all schools have computer science departments in the elementary and secondary level now? How many teachers do the schools employ (on average)?
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I have had a really hard time finding info about teaching computer science. I will check that link out. I figured I would either need to go elementary ed. or go through the credits for a new major :/
I really think there SHOULD be computer science education stuff, just hard to find?
I will look into the links above, thanks for the info...
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I'm not sure, really, but probably the more affluent districts offer it. I can't swear to it though! Mims... you may very well have to take some undergrad classes to fill a subject requirement .
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Posted by MonkeyLuv
I'm not sure, really, but probably the more affluent districts offer it. I can't swear to it though! Mims... you may very well have to take some undergrad classes to fill a subject requirement .
Yes, this is what I think too... I am going to take my transcripts down to dowling (just because they have open advising hours, I have no idea where we will do our studies, but probably a SUNY)
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Posted by mims107
Posted by MonkeyLuv
I'm not sure, really, but probably the more affluent districts offer it. I can't swear to it though! Mims... you may very well have to take some undergrad classes to fill a subject requirement .
Yes, this is what I think too... I am going to take my transcripts down to dowling (just because they have open advising hours, I have no idea where we will do our studies, but probably a SUNY)
I work at Stony Brook and I know SB and Old Westbury don't offer the computer science education program...If you are looking for el. ed. Old Westbury is the SUNY on Long Island that offers it.
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Most of the computer science people in our district are under business certs. The High School offers Webpage design and such and in my building they offer keyboarding (basic word). There are not many and I don't think they are that in demand. My co-worker is a computer whiz and was going back for a second masters in Computer Science basically she wanted to be the computer person for the district until she realized that we are the one of the largest districts in Nassau and we only have 3 of those, all the rest are TA and don't make squat!
I definitely would go down to one of the colleges and talk to someone, and then check out how in demand the positions are.
Good luck!
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St. John's has a career change program that helps you get your teaching certificate and masters. There are campuses in Queens, Staten Island, Manhattan and Oakdale. Queens and Staten Island have the career change program. Oakdale has an education administration program. (I work at SJU, so if you have an questions, FM me and I can try to get the answers for you).
A friend of mine also went to Hofstra as a career changer, but that was a few years ago.
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Meghan,
Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but if you wanted an elementary certificate they have great programs at Hunter College.
I JUST completed my Masters in Early childhood ed at hunter and my undergrad was in Psychology. They had 2 programs, one for education undergrads & one for non-education majors.
They have a wide variety of programs and their teaching program is very good.
Because it is a city school it is also quite affordable.
When you graduate with your masters, (After taking the state certification tests) you have your initial cert.
FM me w/ any q's.
Cindy
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From what I understand, the state has changed their requirements so that soon everyone applying for certification will need an undergraduate degree in the subject area they wish to teach. SB is no longer admitting students without the undergrad. degree because there is no way they would complete the requirements before the change in state cert. requirements.
