Email: TeachEd@rci.rutgers.edu
Teacher certification
can be achieved through the successful completion of one of seven
state-approved programs. Information regarding programs and
requirements may be obtained from the Office of Teacher Education
Programs, Room 132, Graduate School of Education (732/932-7496, ext.
8132). Upon admission, students must open a file in that office to
ensure completion of all certification requirements.
The
Graduate School of Education offers seven joint master's degree/initial
teacher certification programs (elementary education, English, English
as a second language, foreign language, mathematics, science [physical
or biological], social studies). These programs are designed for
individuals who hold a baccalaureate degree from an accredited
institution of higher education. GSE also offers joint master's
degree/endorsement programs for reading specialist,
bilingual-bicultural education, learning disabilities
teacher-consultant, and student personnel services. GSE recommendations
for all initial teacher certification and most endorsement programs are
in conjunction with the completion of the requirements for the Ed.M.
degree. Nondegree endorsement programs are offered in
bilingual-bicultural education, early childhood education, and English
as a second language education. Prior to beginning or completing a
joint master's degree/initial teacher certification program, students
must have taken 66 general education credits at either the graduate or
undergraduate level, including course work in eight of the following
areas: mathematics, science, English or American literature, American
history or American studies, music, non-Western studies, Western
studies, philosophy, technology, foreign language (four terms), and
psychology. All students are required to complete a college level math
course. Before teacher certification can be recommended, students also
must have completed a liberal arts major with a coherent 30-credit
sequence of courses, 12 credits of which must be at the 300 or 400
level.