NJ Teacher Certification

Program Requirements (27 credits)

Graduate Courses (15 credits)
ED 500 Curriculum Theory and Development (3)
ED 505 Student Development and Learning (3)
ED 510 Reading and Communication (field component) (3)
ED 515 Classrooms and Community: A Social Unit (3)
ED 520 Professional Skills (field component) (3)

Undergraduate Courses (12 credits)
ED 470 Student Teaching (9)
ED 475 Student Teaching Seminar (3)

The student teaching experience is the culmination of the program. Student teaching must be completed in the semester following the completion of all coursework. No additional courses may be taken during student teaching.

Note: Nine undergraduate credits of behavioral science are required prior to student teaching, as follows:

K-6 (Elementary)

• 1 Sociology course with approved multicultural content
• Prenatal/Infant Psychology
• Child Psychology

5-8 (Middle School)

• 1 Sociology course with approved multicultural content
• Prenatal/Infant Psychology
• Child Psychology
• Adolescent Psychology

K-12 (Secondary)

• 1 Sociology course with approved multicultural content
• Child Psychology
• Adolescent Psychology

Early Childhood Program — Students who wish to obtain the P-3 endorsement must also complete ED 332 Methods of Early Childhood Education and ED 333 Curriculum in Early Childhood Education.

Upon completion of the post-baccalaureate program, students entering the M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction program may transfer 15 credits into the elective section of the M.A. in Curriculum and Instruction program. 15 credits may transfer into the M.A. in Literacy Instruction program. No other transfer credits will be accepted.

Additionally, students who successfully complete the Post-Baccalaureate Teacher Certification program may wish to enter the Special Education Certification program.

Transfer of Graduate Credit
The Post-Baccalaureate Teacher Certification program accepts up to three credits of transfer credit on approval.