Nazareth College offers Master of Science in Education degree programs that build from an acknowledgement and appreciation of the particular characteristics of graduate students, and provide learning experiences that support a sense of integration and agency reflective of and connected to graduate students’ life experiences. The faculty is committed to providing graduate programs that:

• Integrate theory and practice, and require students to demonstrate that they are both thinkers and doers.
  
  
• Develop students who are active learners who engage in meaningful, field-based courses.
  
  
• Support self-motivated, independent learners, “generators of knowledge” who are inquiry oriented and innovative.
  
  
• Nurture reflective, life-long learners who both model this disposition for their own students and serve as mentors for them.
  

Initial Certification
(for students with no prior teacher certification)

Please see the attached for important information regarding the language requirement for initial certification graduate students seeking New York State teacher certification - Graduate Student Language Requirement Infomation.

• Inclusive Education
• Early Childhood (Birth - Grade 2)
• Childhood (Grades 1 - 6)
• Adolescence (Grades 7 - 12)
  English, Social Studies, Mathematics, or Biology
• Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages - TESOL (Pre K-12 - All Grades)
• Art Education (Pre K-12 - All Grades)
• Business and Marketing Education (Pre K-12 - All Grades)

Additional / Professional Certification
(for students currently holding teacher certification who seek to obtain additional or professional certification)

• Inclusive Education
• Early Childhood (Birth - Grade 2)
• Childhood (Grades 1 - 6)
• Adolescence (Grades 7 - 12)
• Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages - TESOL (Pre K-12 - All Grades)
• Literacy Education
• Literacy Specialist (Birth – Grade 6)
• Literacy Specialist (Grades 5 –12)
• Educational Technology Specialist (Computer Education)
• Art Education (Pre K-12 - All Grades)
• Business and Marketing Education (Pre K-12 - All Grades)
• Music Education (Pre K-12 - All Grades)

Extensions and Annotations:
(for students with teacher certification who seek to extend their certification to a new area or to deepen their understanding in their current certification area)

• Bilingual Extension
• Coordinator of Work-Based Learning
• Gifted Education Extension
• Middle Childhood Extension
• Students with Severe or Multiple Disabilities Annotation

Certification - Only Programs
Nazareth College currently offers seven certification-only programs. These programs lead to teacher certification or build on existing teacher certification, but do not lead to an academic degree.

In the context of a diverse and continually changing society, the acceleration of growth in information, technology and learning has meant that there continue to be evolving bodies of knowledge and increased parameters for skills and understandings required of teachers and students. The faculty of the graduate education programs at Nazareth College shares a belief that in a democracy, educators must be aware of societal needs and must be willing to think and act critically, to envision issues fully, and to respond to their complexities. Further, in understanding the interconnectedness of life and learning, the faculty believes that all educators must be committed to partnerships and collaborations with students, parents, the community, and colleagues across disciplines.

The faculty who teach in the graduate program acknowledge and appreciate the particular characteristics of graduate students, and seek to provide learning experiences that support a sense of integration and agency reflective of and connected to their life experiences. Faculty members are committed to providing graduate programs that:
· integrate theory and practice, and require students to demonstrate that they are both thinkers and doers;
· develop students who are active learners who engage in meaningful, field-based courses;
· support self-motivated, independent learners, “generators of knowledge” who are inquiry oriented and innovative; and
· nurture reflective, life-long learners who both model this disposition for their own students and serve as mentors for them.