Education Master's and Post Master's Program Policies and Practices
Molloy College Graduate Programs in Education adhere strictly to New York State Education Department requirements for teacher certification and include the required field experiences. No credit is granted for learning derived from life experience.
NOTE: The School of Education reserves the right to make necessary changes in programs and courses in response to regulations received from the New York State Education Department regarding teacher certification policies. These changes become effective according to dates specified by New York State Education Department. Students are responsible for meeting all program requirements, including new NYSED teacher certification tests.
In accordance with New York State Education Department and Molloy College regulations, all candidates working toward initial teacher certification must attend workshops in the training for Identification of Child Abuse and Neglect, Dignity for All Students Act (DASA) and School Violence Prevention/Intervention. These workshops are held on the Molloy College campus several times each semester. Candidates are also required to be fingerprinted upon acceptance into the Program.
Prior to student teaching, students must demonstrate an acceptable level of written and oral English language skills and receive a satisfactory evaluation from field supervisors and course professors and have completed the required number of hours observing and participating in field school classrooms. All prerequisite courses needed for New York State Teacher Certification must be completed prior to student teaching.
Education students are responsible for all transportation to and from their field school placements.
New York State Education Department mandates successful completion of teacher examinations in order to be initially certified (EAS, CST(s), and edTPA).
Teacher candidates are admitted with full acceptance, provisional academic acceptance or are given non-matriculated status depending upon their fulfillment of admission requirements. In order to guide candidates in assessing their areas of strength and possible deficits and to guide them in remediating areas in which prerequisite knowledge may be lacking, the department may utilize potential diagnostic tools that will enable the division to assist candidates to meet the standards set by New York State Education Department (NYSED) for teacher certification.
Graduate Education Program Faculty advisors discuss with candidates the potential diagnostic tools that could be used to ascertain their ability to meet the standards set by New York State Education Department. For example, successful completion of the following diagnostic tools, EAS and CST, will ensure mastery of content necessary to achieve NYSED teaching certification.
Molloy College School of Education will guide candidates in identifying areas where additional knowledge is needed so that they will be successful in attaining a Masters’ Degree and teacher certification. Because content knowledge is prerequisite for classroom teaching, candidates are required to meet the content areas for certification prior to student teaching. Candidates who successfully complete the required courses and field experiences will be recommended by Molloy College for certification. Molloy College reserves the right to deny recommendation for Certification to any candidate who fails to successfully complete all program requirements or who does not evidence the knowledge, skills, and dispositions required by the teaching profession.
Candidates are responsible for ascertaining and fulfilling all requirements necessary to obtain New York State Teacher Certification. These requirements and information re: New York State Education Department can be found at www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/.
Non-matriculated candidates may not exceed twenty percent of the total enrollment in any graduate course and will be accommodated on a space-available basis.