Is there any way to find such a list online that is that specific? Often my D will come across a college which has been recommended to her, only to find out there there is no education major or minor, nor a bachelor-master program. Thanks for any leads!!
Most instate public universities in CT have this program…so does St. Joseph’s in West Hartford. They also have a dual general education/special education program which I think might be required. It’s an excellent program for those wishing to teach in CT…but it is three times the costs of the public universities…which do a fine job of providing programs for future teachers.
Most state universities have education schools or departments that are well-attuned to the teacher certification requirements in that state. Is your d interested in elementary, secondary, or special ed? Is she interested in education as a second major, taken in tandem with a major in the field she’d like to teach? It’s a boost in secondary ed hiring to have an additional undergrad major in math, sciences, languages, etc., and required by many schools, as well.
For example, W&M in VA offers a 5-year Bachelors to Masters of Education program, but education is taken only as a second major. http://education.wm.edu/admissions/undergraduate/5year/index.php It is possible to earn a Bachelors in undergrad elementary or secondary ed there, but again, only as a second major. http://education.wm.edu/admissions/undergraduate/secondmajor/index.php
She wants to teach high school, so she would be double majoring in education and the subject she wants to teach, or major/minor (whatever is required).
Some state schools do have these programs, others actually don’t. We are really trying to find a comprehensive list of schools that do so she can plan some visits - hard to find such a list, although everyone knows of a few here and there.
Maybe look at department of education in the states she is considering. The Peterson guides show ALL schools that offer a particular major in strictly alphabetical order (no matter if school is highly ranked or not). If a school has education as major you can then look at specifics. If you want to teach HS in my state, you could get certified by majoring in specialty area and minoring in education. You might be able to do 5th year masters depending on school but you’ll probably just have to look at each one you are interested in. Also look within major program. For instance, D is math major and one “track” is secondary education with specific math courses plus education coursework.
What part of country is she looking in? Maybe we can give you some ideas beyond state schools. For instance in SC, Furman offers education as major and offers 5th year masters (the only graduate degree it offers).
Thanks! I don’t think she is sure yet which makes this harder of course. She probably won’t go out West but would consider Northeast, Southeast, Midwest - although she prefers colder weather. It’s too hard for her to think about what specific state she might want to end up in someday.
She has a 3.9 GPA but we don’t have final standardized testing back yet. She has a 31 ACT so far but we are waiting for Feb scores.
I don’t know of any list of colleges but you might want to look at the Lynch School of Education at Boston College. They also offer a 5th year program: “The Fifth Year Program and Early Admit Program offer academically outstanding Boston College Juniors a unique opportunity to begin graduate study during their undergraduate senior year, allowing them to graduate with a bachelor’s and master’s degree in a shortened amount of time.” Here is the link http://www.bc.edu/schools/lsoe/academics/undergrad/fifthyr.html
Hope this is helpful. I also hear that Penn has a good program in this area
Have you tried the SuperMatch tool? That’s where D got some of the colleges on her list (also planning on education). You can sort by major, location, size of the college town, and rank how important those are to you.
Since you’re looking in the general area, may I suggest Elmira College? Especially since I see your D has high stats-all vals and sals are automatically considered for full tuition awards, regardless of need. My niece was an education student there and received one of these awards and it allowed her to graduate debt-free (along with other scholarships and teacher grants). The classes are very small, and she really found “her people” there. She was always a driven student and found plenty of challenge, along with majors in the two languages she wanted (she graduated with a triple major).
I really think lots of state colleges will have a 5th year masters. I know U of SC does. Looks like Vanderbilt, UNC and Alabama all have something similar. OP, I suggest she start visiting schools to see what she likes as far as size and location. Small LACs may be less like to have education, but if she falls in love with one and wants to teach secondary, it’s pretty easy to find a program to offer masters as initial certification when you have degree in English, math, science, history, or a language. A lot of these are only slightly longer than a year anyway. My older D got history degree from LAC but decided to go with elementary education and is doing MAT that is one year plus 2 summers. She could have majored in elementary educ at her LAC but didn’t decide early enough that she wanted that age group. But she will be certified to teach by the fall and that is only one year out of UG so the same as if she had done a 5 year program to masters. She went to W&L, which is cold by SC standards 
I am a secondary teacher and most of the teachers I work with all began their careers with only a bachelor’s degree. I am also secondary certified and was able to complete the requirements for my subject area and education in four years. After I got my first teaching job, I then began work on my master’s degree. My school district paid for the cost of my entire master’s program.
^^Seems like this is the easiest way. If OP finds a school with education program that she likes, it’s pretty easy to graduate in 4 yrs with certification. I’m surprised she’s finding a lot of schools that don’t unless she been looking at a lot of small LACs.
If your student wants to work at any grade level in CT, their degree must be in a content area, with the education courses added in for certification.
You might want to get a bit of a handle on where this student wants to work, as requirements for state department of education certification vary from state to state. There is little reciprocity. And she will be taking praxis after praxis if she moves from state to state.
I advised a very good student who wanted to become a secondary school math teacher. She was going to major in Math and Education or attend a college for Math that had a teacher certificate program. She landed at Johns Hopkins. She is from NJ. Here is where she had applied:
Emory
University of Chicago
Johns Hopkins
College of William and Mary
University of Michigan
Elon University
University of Miami
American University
Boston University
The College of New Jersey
Ithaca College
Other schools I had suggested that had either an Education Major or Minor and/or a Teacher Certificate program (and all had her intended subject of Math) were:
U Penn
Brown
Tufts
Northwestern
Vassar
Vanderbilt
University of Southern California (USC)
University of Virginia
Brandeis
NYU
Barnard
Macalester
McGill University
Connecticut College
Wake Forest
Union College
University of Maryland
Northeastern University
University of Delaware
Trinity College
University of California - Santa Barbara
Muhlenberg
University of Rochester
Case Western
Clark University
Occidental
Lehigh University
University of Pittsburgh
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI)
Rutgers University
College of Charleston
Syracuse
Rollins College
Hope this helps.
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Thanks soozie - much appreciated!
What is your home state?
What does your daughter plan to teach?
Where does she plan to teach it?
I agree with Bluehen, that she should focus on getting her initial certification and getting a job before looking at a graduate program. In NYS, she can get her initial certification with a bachelors degree in secondary, passing the LAST, CST, ATS-W exams. If she attends school in the state where she wants to teach the school will also help streamline the process for her getting her certification vs. her doing the paperwork on her own (I remember, my school doing my initial certification paperwork and having my license in my hand in less than 6 weeks after getting my degree, but waiting almost a full year to get my permanent certification (paperwork which I submitted myself)
In order to get permanent certification, she would have to get 3 years of full time teaching experience and a masters within 5 years of her starting to work (I would definitely recommend that she get a special ed extension or if she is fluent in another language, a bilingual extension).
Because things change so much from year to year (this past summer NYC DOE lifted a 6 year hiring freeze for approximately 6 weeks in all areas). Now that the freeze is back on, there are only openings in math, science and special education.
Agree with above…and a lot depends on what she wants to teach. In CT, one can also get certification with a bachelors degree. For secondary education, job openings seem to be available for science, math and foreign language teachers, and special education. A bachelors level certified person would have a decent chance to be hired in those areas. There is an over abundance of social studies (history, etc) and English teachers. These tend to be open less often, and there are many more applicants than positions. Where I worked, these often went to those with experience, as well as an advanced degree.
The requirements for when a masters is required also varies from state to state. You would need to check…but in CT, I believe it is seven years. Used to be ten.
Let me throw in Penn State – her gpa is good enough to get into the College of Education (there’s a 3.5 requirement to get in/stay in ) , perhaps Honors college as well. PSU has secondary ed majors in the field of interest, so she wouldn’t double major, she’d major in Secondary Ed- Math or Social Studies, etc… There’s a high-achiever program called PDS where the student essentially interns in a school for the entire school year (rather like very intense student teaching) but entrance is very competitive and the program is very rigorous since they are in school all day and are still taking classes of their own.
Another thought…in the school district where I work, they prefer to hire new teachers who only have a bachelor’s degree. Teachers are paid on a scale based upon the amount of education and the years of service. Most school districts don’t want to pay extra for someone with a master’s degree if they have no prior teaching experience. I’m not saying that is right, but with education budgets slashed, it is the reality of education today. However, many districts will make exceptions for high demand certification like physics and math.
that is true at the NYCDOE also
This year a new teacher with no experience and a bachelors starts with $46,446 (49k 5/1/2015), where a new teacher no experience with a masters starts with $52k-55 or 58K( 60k 5/1/2015) if they have 30 credits above their masters
http://www.uft.org/files/attachments/secure/teacher-schedule-2009-2018.pdf
^^This is why it helps to know where you want to end up. I’ve heard that some states prefer not to pay for masters for beginning teachers… In SC it is more the norm and around here you are encouraged to get masters in the beginning of career. Teachers are also paid based on education/years of service but maybe there’s more of a difference in the two levels in other states. Here the minimum is only a couple of thousand different when starting with Masters over bachelors.