BUILD YOUR CAREER: Get professional and/or additional certification at a time of high demand for teachers
EXPERIENCE A FIRST-RATE EDUCATION: Receive personal attention and guidance throughout your program and career
LEARN CONVENIENTLY: Many classes and even entire programs are now fully online
CONTAIN YOUR COSTS: Contact us to learn about tuition reductions and financial assistance
“The professors genuinely care about their students and provided me with opportunities to learn, grow, and take risks knowing I’d have their support. I wouldn’t be at the school I’m at now without them.” – MS.Ed., Early Childhood and Literacy
“The faculty was very attentive and supportive of every student. Even after graduating, I have built invaluable relationships with faculty and students that I am glad to carry with me for the rest of my career!” – MS.Ed., TESOL
How can LIU Hudson prepare you for a satisfying, successful career as a teacher?
“I want to become a teacher.”
Get the preparation you need to lead in the classroom, make a difference in children’s lives, and earn your professional certification and begin your career in the schools. At LIU Hudson, an experienced faculty advisor will guide you through your education and into the ranks of professional teachers. Programs available include:
“I teach, and now want to earn a Master’s degree to get professional certification.”
Get the academic credentials you need, plus guidance through the New York State certification process and institutional recommendation. If you love teaching now, LIU Hudson can help you take your career to the next level. Programs available include:
“I’m a certified teacher and want to earn an additional certificate.”
Increase your job security, extend your value to your school and district, and enjoy learning another teaching skill – or even Educational Leadership. Programs available include:
Program Directors
Middle Childhood/Adolescence Education and Special Education: Dr. Janet Simon
Early Childhood, Childhood/Special Education, and Literacy/Special Education: Dr. Rebecca Rich
TESOL, Second Languages, and Bilingual Extensions: Dr. Helaine W. Marshall
*Program is only open to applicants who are:
(1) certified Special Education classroom teachers and
(2) currently working full time in an ESOL or Bilingual Education Program.
Initial Certification candidates demonstrated their intention to become teachers in NYS by taking varying combinations of 22 different New York State Teacher Certification Examinations. When fewer than 10 students took a given examination, no passing rate was published by the test administrators. Thus, pass rates were reported for only five of the tests and, in every instance but one the LIU Hudson pass rate surpassed the statewide average.
LIU Hudson utilizes an instrument that measures the teaching effectiveness of student/supervised teachers. Applied for both formative and summative purposes, it reveals, on a consistent basis, the strength and impact of LIU Hudson’s student/supervised teachers in the classroom. Scores range from 4, “highly competent,” to 3, “competent,” to 2, “minimally competent,” to 1, “not competent.” The instrument utilizes 37 items divided among 9 rating categories, which probe, among others, organization/planning, use of technology, methods of instruction, etc. The average summative score across all categories for student/supervised teachers in AY 2016-2017 was 3.7 of a possible 4.0.
In response to a survey designed to elicit responses to specific questions relating to their experiences in the LIU Hudson teacher preparation program, 32 of 35 completers of Initial certification programs responded. Using a 5 point Likert Scale (5=Excellent; 4=Very Good; 3=Good; 2=Fair; 1=Poor), program completers were asked to “rate how effectively you believe the program has prepared you” in each of twelve areas. Probes ranged from the ability to use data to improve teaching and learning, to communicating with parents, classroom management, lesson planning, etc.
Degree completer ratings were “good or better” 90-100% for all items with four items (classroom management, knowledge of content, collaborating with other professionals, and teaching methods) receiving scores of 100%; five items (communicating with students, lesson implementation, differentiating instruction, using data to improve teaching and learning and assessment of student learning) received scores of 97%, two items (lesson planning and responding to multicultural issues and needs) received scores of 91% and the final item (communicating with parents) received a score of 90%.
CONTACT
Hudson@liu.edu
914-831-2700
