M.S.Ed. Teaching Literacy B-6 or 5-12 and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) K-12

Overview:
These 48-credit programs will provide Master’s Degree candidates with dual certification in Literacy Birth through Grade 6 and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (K-12),  OR dual certification in Literacy Grade 6 through Grade 12 and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (K-12). 

Each program will give teachers the opportunity to enrich their classroom pedagogy with specialization in Literacy instruction and instruction for the English Language Learner. With a growing number of English Language Learners in today’s classroom, these dual Master’s programs are a perfect fit.

Program Benefits:
This dual Master’s Program can enhance and diversify your employment options by making you eligible for:

  • Literacy Specialist
  • Diagnostician
  • Clinician
  • Resource Room Teacher
  • ESL Teacher
  • Dual Certification in Literacy and TESOL
     

Program Planning Sheets:

 

Certification:
Students will be endorsed for New York State Certification in both Literacy- Birth through Grade 6 and TESOL K-12 OR Literacy Grade 5 through 12 and TESOL K-12 upon completion of coursework, passing the comprehensive exams in each discipline, and passing the Content Specialty Test in Literacy and TESOL. All TESOL students must have 12 credits in a language other than English which can be taken any time before graduation.

 

Contact Information

Queens Campus     
Graduate Admissions  
Sullivan Hall G9      
8000 Utopia Pkwy
Queens, NY 11439

Dr. Kelly K. Ronayne
(718) 990-2304
graded@stjohns.edu
Staten Island Campus         
300 Howard Ave.            
DaSilva Center 207    
Staten Island, NY 10301


Rosette Allegretti, Ed.D
(718) 390-4506
gradedstatenisland@stjohns.edu
  
Oakdale Campus            
500 Montauk Hyway          
Oakdale, NY 11769

Linda J. Faucetta
(631) 218-7775
faucettl@stjohns.edu
Manhattan Campus              
101 Murray St.             
New York, NY 10007

Jennifer Bakshi
(212) 277-5122
bakshij@stjohns.edu