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REQUIREMENTS

The Education Program combines courses and faculty from several departments in order to reflect the diversity of academic knowledge and methods relevant to teaching. The Program does not constitute a major but offers students the option to study jointly in education and another related discipline of their choice. Courses taken may constitute a minor (see below).
 
Our program includes coursework in psychology, discipline-centered education courses (History, Philosophy and Sociology of Education; BC2032 Contemporary Issues in Education), pedagogical courses (Methods of Teaching; BC3064 Seminar in Issues in Urban Teaching), and field-based experience (BC2055 Practicum; BC3063 Student Teaching). Students are placed with experienced teachers in New York City public schools during their junior and senior years.

The culminating experience is student teaching for a full semester during senior year. During the student teaching semester, students enroll in EDUC BC 3063 Student Teaching in Urban Schools and EDUC BC3064 Seminar in Issues in Urban Teaching which focuses on the issues, opportunities and challenges of teaching in urban classrooms. Only one other courses may be taken concurrently with student teaching and the seminar. Incompletes on a student’s record must be finished before student teaching.

The Education Program is accredited by the New York State Board of Regents and approved by the New York State Education Department to recommend students who complete the program for Initial Certification in either Childhood Education (grades 1–6) or Adolescence Education (grades 7–12). Graduates of the program are also eligible for membership in the Interstate Certification Agreement, a reciprocal certification among 41 states.

Certification is based on demonstration of competency in both academic and field settings. Students complete 100 hours of pre-student teaching experience and 200 hours of student teaching at two grade levels. As part of the certification process, students must pass the New York State Teacher Certification Examination and seminar sessions in Identifying and Reporting Child Abuse, Prevention of School Violence, Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention, and Inclusion of Students with Special Needs. Graduates of Barnard College have a 100 percent pass rate for the New York State Teacher Certification Examination.

Requirements for the Minor

The minor requires a minimum of six courses:

a methods course (EDUC BC2052, BC2053)

EDUC BC2055 Urban School Practicum

EDUC BC3063 Student Teaching in Urban Schools

EDUC BC3064 Seminar in Issues in Urban Teaching

two others from those courses listed under the Childhood or Adolescence Program but not counted toward the major, such as Science in the City BC3050x.