2004-2005 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED BULLETIN]
School of Education and Allied Human Services
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Refer to the Hofstra University Graduate Studies Bulletin for information about graduate programs offered by the School of Education and
Allied Human Services.
Office: Second Floor, Hagedorn Hall
Telephone: (516) 463-5740
James R. Johnson, Dean
Penelope J. Haile, Associate Dean
Jane M. Goldman, Senior Assistant Dean of External Relations and Director, Field Services
Karleen Edwards, Assistant Dean for Advisement and Certification Services
Michael Ayewoh, Assistant Dean for Special Programs
Hofstra University prides itself in having an “all-University approach” to teacher
education. Since 1935 our history has been one of a four-year liberal arts college
that early on expanded to serve the needs of such future professionals as engineers,
business people and professional educators. Unlike many other institutions that
began as teacher training colleges and later added a liberal arts component, Hofstra
University enjoys a duality between liberal and professional studies, but is based
on a University mission which places a liberal arts education of undergraduates
in overriding priority.
Students should consult the Class Schedule for specific offerings and consult with an adviser before registering for their
programs.
Mission of the School of Education and Allied Human Services
The faculty of the Hofstra University School of Education and Allied Human Services
are dedicated to the preparation of reflective and knowledgeable professionals
who use scholarship to inform their practice. Collectively, we strive toward a
more just, open and democratic society as we collaborate with and learn from children,
adolescents, and adults in diverse social and cultural settings.
We encourage and support the scholarship and practice of our colleagues and students
in their professional lives; our endeavors include research that contributes to
the knowledge base for both educators and health and human services professionals.
Thus, it is our intent to establish the School of Education and Allied Human Services
as a place which nurtures communication, collaboration, and leadership both at
Hofstra and in community settings.
For undergraduate academic programs, the goals of the School of Education and
Allied Human Services include:
- The cooperative education of students well-rounded both professionally and in
the liberal arts;
- The first professional training of entry-level professionals who will serve in
the public and independent schools of the region and nation;
- The development of analytic skills and sound judgments applied to content and
also to professional issues; the ability to make warranted and thoughtful decisions
about curriculum issues and student-related issues as well as issues relating
to the conduct of the schools/agencies/organizations and the profession;
- To set the groundwork for continued learning by the new professional, whether
that learning is through job-related experiences or graduate study applicable
toward professional certification.
The School is comprised of the following departments and their undergraduate
programs:
Counseling, Research, Special Education, and Rehabilitation (CRSR)
Curriculum and Teaching (CT)
Early Childhood Education (ELED)
Elementary Education (ELED)
Fine Arts Education (SED)
Secondary Education (SED)
Business (SED)
English (SED)
Foreign Languages (SED)
Mathematics (SED)
Sciences (SED)
Social Studies (SED)
Music (SED)
Foundations, Leadership and Policy Studies
Educational Studies Program (EDST)
Health Professions and Family Studies
Community Health (HPFS)
School Health Education (HPFS)
Literacy Studies (LYST)
Physical Education and Sport Sciences
Athletic Training (PESP)
Exercise Specialist (PESP)
Physical Education (PESP
Teaching of Physical Education (PESP)
Accreditation And Certification
Hofstra University’s School of Education and Allied Human Services programs are
registered with the New York State Education Department (NYSED). Studies offered
at the bachelor’s, master’s, advanced certificate, and doctoral levels are provided
in the following teaching areas: early childhood (Birth- Grade 2); elementary
education (Grades 1-6); secondary education (Grades 7-12); special subjects: fine
arts, music, health, and physical education (all grades); and special education,
TESOL, bilingual, literacy, and speech and language disabilities. Nonteaching
areas include pupil personnel services and educational administration.
Upon the successful completion of a Hofstra state-approved teacher education
program, students are eligible for the University’s recommendation for New York
state certification. Certification applications must be submitted to the Advisement
and Certification Office the semester in which the student is graduating.
In addition to fulfilling educational requirements, the New York State Education
Department requires that all prospective teachers being recommended for teacher
education programs, receive instruction for the purpose of preventing child abduction,
preventing alcohol, tobacco and other drug abuse, safety education and fire and
arson prevention in accordance with the Education Laws. No student is recommended
for certification without the completion of these requirements.
All prospective early childhood (Birth-Grade 2), elementary (Grades 1-6) and
secondary (Grades 7-12) and special subject teachers are required to pass the
New York State Teachers Certification Examinations (NYSTCE) administered by National
Evaluation Systems, Inc. Students should consult with their program adviser and/or
the Advisement and Certification Office regarding the appropriate examinations
for their area of study. Hofstra University has maintained an overall passing
rate (2002-2003) of 96% on these examinations.
Hofstra Hofstra Hofstra Statewide*
Univ.* Univ.* Univ.*
N.Y. State Teacher
Cert. Exams Number Number Pass Pass
(NYSTCE's) Tested Tested Rate Rate
Test Field/Category
Professional
Knowledge/Pedagogy 617 599 97% 97%
ATS-W
Other Content Area
Last 612 597 98% 96%
Summary Tools and
Pass Rate 624 599 96% 95%
* for both undergraduate and graduate programs
As a part of the continuing effort to improve teacher preparation, the New York
State Board of Regents adopted amendments to the Commissioner’s Regulations which
directly relate to teacher education program requirements, as well as changes
in teacher certification titles.
All applicants for certification and school district employment must undergo
fingerprinting and clearance. Contact the Advisement and Certification Office
for fingerprinting sites.
New York state has interstate contracts with 42 other states and jurisdictions.
Persons prepared in one of the contract states and who meet the contract requirements
of the interstate agreement, are eligible for an initial certificate upon application
with each individual state. New York State is also a member of the Northeast Common
Market that offers a Northeast Regional Credential (NRC) to applicants. For additional
information on interstate reciprocity, students should visit the Advisement and
Certification Office.
The School of Education and Allied Human Services at Hofstra is accredited by
the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). The accreditation
includes the initial and advanced levels of professional education programs offered
within the School.
Some states, not part of the interstate reciprocity program, offer either full
or partial reciprocity privileges to persons who are graduates of NCATE accredited
institutions. States not participating in either of the above reciprocity systems
will accept certificate applications and evaluate them on an individual basis.
Students may obtain detailed and current information about certification requirements
in various educational specializations from the School’s Advisement and Certification
Office.
School Of Education And Allied Human Services Courses May Not Be Applied Toward
Liberal Arts Credit Unless Otherwise Noted.
Programs
A program is a coherent sequence of course work and fieldwork designed to develop
the professional competence of degree candidates. Programs offered by the School
of Education and Allied Human Services are classified as either preprofessional
or professional. The preprofessional programs are for students seeking their first teaching certification whether
at the undergraduate or the graduate level or are preparing for entry-level positions
in selected allied human services fields (non-school based). Professional programs are designed for individuals already certified (provisional or initial)
to teach and those experienced as teachers (e.g., in private schools) and who
wish to pursue advanced studies in a specialized field of education, and those
who wish to pursue advanced studies in a specialized field in selected allied
human services. Consult the Hofstra University Graduate Studies Bulletin and individual departments for advisement and specific program information.
The School of Education and Allied Human Services also offers co-major programs
to undergraduate students interested in education as an additional field of study
and inquiry. Consult individual department for advisement.
To locate information about preparatory programs for teaching and other educational
roles, and roles in selected allied human services, consult the chart for Undergraduate
Preprofessional Programs. Use the chart to identify the schools and departments
offering the program of interest.
Undergraduate Preprofessional Teacher Preparation Programs
Degree candidates are admitted after application to specific programs within
the School of Education and Allied Human Services. Undergraduate degree candidates
typically successfully complete a prescribed distribution of liberal arts and
sciences course work, designated by each program before admission to the program.
Enrollment is open to students showing qualities which indicate potential as teachers
of children and youth. Judgments concerning these qualities are accumulated in
reports plus field-based experiences from several of the students’ instructors,
including faculty in liberal arts and education and cooperating teachers in the
schools. Prospective teachers should obtain applications from the proper department
in the School of Education and Allied Human Services even though initial enrollment
may be in the Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, New College, the Zarb
School of Business or the School of Communication.
Undergraduate Preprofessional Programs
Teacher candidates should obtain advisement from the proper department of the
school of Education and Allied Human Services as well as from the department of
their prospective teaching field.
Professional Aim SOEAHS Program Department of Teaching Field
Teaching
Art Secondary Education Fine Arts
Business Education, Secondary Education School of Business
Business and
Distribution Education
Early Childhood Early Childhood Ed Curriculum and Teaching
Elementary School Elementary Education Curriculum and Teaching
English Secondary Education English
Foreign Languages Secondary Education appropriate language
(French, German,
Italian, Spanish,
or Russian)
Mathematics Secondary Education Mathematics
Music Secondary Education Music
Physical Education Physical Education Physical Education and Sport Sciences
Health Education Health Education Health Professions and Family
Studies
Science (biology, Secondary Education appropriate science deparment
chemistry, earth
science, general
science, physics)
Social Studies Secondary Education appropriate social science department
Other Professional Specializations
Athletic Trainer Athletic Training Physical Education and Sport
Sciences
Community Health Community Health Health Professions and Family
Studies
Health and Fitness Exercise Specialist Physical Education and Sport Sciences
Training
Enrollment
Prospective teachers in the following fields enroll as a major in the School
of Education and Allied Human Services: art, music, physical education, health
education.
Preparation for teaching in early childhood and elementary schools requires dual
enrollment in a Bachelor of Arts program in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences*
or New College in the department of the student’s interest for the liberal arts
subjects, and in the School of Education and Allied Human Services for completion
of the professional education courses leading to the co-major.
Students preparing to teach in secondary schools enroll in the College of Liberal
Arts and Sciences, New College or the Zarb School of Business as a major in a
teaching content and co-major in secondary education. The chart is a guideline
of teaching fields and their respective departments. See Graduate Studies Bulletin.
A student preparing to teach early childhood, elementary, or secondary education
should, by the beginning of the sophomore year, select a co-major in the appropriate
college. With an adviser from the chosen department, the student should develop
an approved plan of study which satisfies the requirements of that department
as well as the School of Education and Allied Human Services program. Students
preparing to teach music or fine arts should enroll in the Department of Curriculum
and Teaching during the freshman year. Students preparing to teach physical education
or school health education should enroll in the Department of Physical Education
and Sport Sciences or Health Professions and Family Studies during the freshman
year.
Frequently it is necessary for students to take more than the minimum 124 semester
hours for graduation in order to meet the subject requirements of their academic
department in the Hofstra College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, New College or
the Zarb School of Business and the teacher education requirements of the School
of Education and Allied Human Services.
* HCLAS majors not acceptable as co-majors: drama, dance, music, fine arts,
speech-language-hearing sciences.
Prerequisites For Teacher Candidates
Undergraduate students preparing to teach at the early childhood, elementary
or secondary level need to apply to the Department of Curriculum and Teaching
at the beginning of the sophomore year.
Admission to the program is based on a comprehensive review of multiple criteria,
including the following:
- A completed application to the program.
- In the case of elementary education,
- a minimum grade point average of 2.75 in overall course work;
- a minimum grade point average of 2.75 in liberal arts course work.
- In the case of secondary education,
- a minimum grade point average of 2.75 in overall course work;
- a minimum grade point average of 2.75 in the area(s) in which certification is
sought.
- A written personal statement of professional intent and rationale.
- Two letters of reference that address the applicant’s potential to succeed in
the teaching profession. An interview, audition, and/or portfolio(requirements
in some programs).
The department understands that any single criterion may not reliably predict
a candidate’s potential for success in the program. Consequently, candidates are
welcome to apply if they do not meet one of the criteria but feel that other aspects
of their experience may compensate.
Undergraduate students should plan with their liberal arts adviser to take their
distribution and liberal arts co-major courses before the junior year. During
the upper junior year and the lower senior year, early childhood and elementary
education majors will respectively need to plan to alternate a semester of mornings
and a semester of afternoons in order to participate in Birth-6 schools. The upper
senior year requires full-day student teaching.
Early Childhood and elementary education candidates should select a foundations
of education course (FDED 111 or 127) during the first semester of the sophomore
year. They should also submit a Change of Major form (to declare two majors) to
the Office of Academic Records. This form should be signed by program advisers
in both areas of study.
Secondary education candidates should register initially in FDED 111 or 127,
SED 102 and SED 151. These courses may be taken in any order or concurrently;
these courses fulfill prerequisite requirements for continued studies in the undergraduate
secondary education professional sequence.
Junior standing is a prerequisite to enrollment in all courses offered by the
School of Education and Allied Human Services except ELED 41, SED 102, SED 151,
all foundations of education and many physical education courses.
Student Teaching: is the final phase of the professional education sequence.
Students must formally apply to the Office of Field Placement the semester before
student teaching.
Applications for Fall student teaching are due March 1; applications for Spring
student teaching are due October 1. Students should refer to their program as
listed in the Undergraduate Bulletin for details on prerequisites and minimum grade point average requirements for
student teaching.
The Selection Process
The School of Education and Allied Human Services has implemented a policy of
careful initial and continuing selection of students and courses offered by the
School. Generally, courses are not open to students who have not been accepted
into the School of Education and Allied Human Services. Exceptions are courses
in foundations of education, educational psychology and physical education.
At the end of the sophomore year students who have applied for enrollment in
the School of Education and Allied Human Services will be assigned by the selection
offices to one of three categories:
Accepted, meaning that an applicant may continue in teacher education at Hofstra;
Accepted provisionally, in Secondary Education, meaning that an applicant may
continue work in professional education although specified deficiencies must be
made up;
Rejected, meaning that an applicant may not enroll in any course offered by the
School.
Students who have been accepted may be dropped from programs in education at
a later date in cases where academic performance, judgments of field-experience
supervisors and cooperating school personnel or other factors make such steps
advisable.
University Degree Requirements
Bachelor Of Science
The Department of Physical Education and Sport Sciences or the Department for
Health Professions and Family Studies offers the following programs leading to
the Bachelor of Science degree:
Athletic Training
Community Health
Exercise Specialist
School Health Education
Bachelor Of Arts
The Department of Curriculum and Teaching offers a program leading to the Bachelor
of Arts degree with a co-major in a liberal arts combined with one of the following:
early childhood education, elementary education, or secondary education.
Bachelor Of Science In Education
For the students taking programs (art, music, physical education) leading to
the Bachelor of Science in Education degree, the following requirements must be
fulfilled:
- The successful completion of the required semester hours for the major and a
cumulative grade-point average of 2.5 (physical education) or 2.75 (art, music,
business) in work completed at Hofstra.
- The liberal arts requirement for the specialization must be fulfilled.
- There are two requirements that must ordinarily be completed in residence at
Hofstra: the minimum semester hours in the field of specialization, and the last
30 semester hours. See specific program for requisites.
- The following general requirements, as listed under each specialization:
ENGL 1 & 2 or placement examination
Humanities
Natural science
Social science
- The major and additional requirements as stated under the field of study.
School-Based Employment Opportunities
Hofstra University and faculty in the School of Education and Allied Human Services
are committed both to attracting excellent candidates to our programs, as well
as assisting them in locating employment upon graduation. Teaching candidates
are strongly encouraged before enrolling in a given program to review the employment
prospects in their chosen field. Such opportunities, of course, differ among teaching
areas and within regions of the country. Data about the profession, including
supply and demand by region and certification area, are routinely available and
updated regularly on such Web sites as www.jobbankusa.com. This site and others contain a wide array of resources to job seekers in teaching
and other careers.
Potential candidates for teaching careers, as well as those nearing graduation,
should visit the Hofstra Career Center in the M. Robert Lowe Hall on the Hofstra
Campus. A wide range of services are available to future educators. Such services
include: career counseling in job hunting, assistance with resumé building, mock
interviews, a job referral service, special Career Center notices, and lists of
school districts which cooperate with us in conducting on and off campus interviews.
Most students, especially those hoping to gain employment with area schools, use
the Hofstra Career Center to focus their search and coordinate initial interviews.
Alternately, students who expect to seek employment out of New York state have
been drawn to an increasing list of web sites that offer details of specific job
vacancies, as well as other information. These data may be found by visiting the
Hofstra University Web site and clicking on “Career Services.” Students will find
a list of special Web sites with direct links to such organizations as the New
York State Education Department, New York City schools, the National Association
of Independent Schools, the Academic Employment Network, and eleven other dedicated
employment sites. At Hofstra, education majors find an excellent and dedicated
faculty, outstanding career support services, and extensive electronic links to
education career information and employment opportunities
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