Master of Science in Secondary Education, Grades 7-12

Program Overview

The Master of Science in Secondary Education, Grades 7-12, is a 30-credit program that prepares students for initial professional certification as high school or middle school teachers. The program emphasizes content knowledge, pedagogical strategies, and an understanding of diverse student needs. Graduates are equipped to deliver effective instruction and promote student intellectual, social, and emotional development.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The Master of Science in Secondary Education, Grades 7-12, is a 30-credit program that leads to initial professional certification. Professional certification candidates must have completed three years of teaching in the area of the certificate.

Objectives:

• To provide students with a solid content knowledge base that enables them to deliver effective educational and professional services based on current research, theory and practice
• To equip students with multiple pedagogical and professional strategies and tools to enable them to be effective practitioners in educational settings and deliver services that promote students’ intellectual, social, and emotional development
• To foster an understanding of the diverse cultural, linguistic, learning, and social strengths and needs of all populations, and incorporate and demonstrate sensitivity to the richness of diverse cultures when providing educational and other school services
• To develop students' ability to employ technology to deliver information, instruction, and professional services to all members of the school community
• To cultivate students' capacity for self-reflection on professional practice in order to make educational decisions and enhance student learning
• To instill positive dispositions in students that enable them to work as effective educators, citizens, and practitioners within the school and broader community

Outline:

The program includes coursework in:

• TESOL
• Educational psychology
• Adolescent development

Careers:

Career Opportunities:

• High school teacher, grades 9–12
• Middle school teacher, grades 7–8
• English, mathematics, social studies or science teacher
• Positions in New York public & private schools
• Dual Certification: In addition to the single certification, the program offers a dual certification path that requires 39 credits and covers:
• Adolescence Education, Grades 7–12 (English, social studies, mathematics and biology)
• Teaching Students with Disabilities
• Career Outcomes:
• Job growth expected to rise 4% through 2029
• Average salary for secondary school teachers in New York is more than $85,000
• ( US Bureau of Labor Statistics)