Certificate

Teaching Assistant

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Program
Education
Curriculum Code
1330
Semester Hours Required for Graduation
24
Program Goals
  1. Assist students in making a realistic decision regarding Teaching Assistant as a para-professional career.
  2. Understand the opportunities and challenges facing the Teaching Assistant in today’s educational climate.
  3. Provide eligible students with the opportunity for continued education to complete a two-year degree in a transfer or non-transfer based program.
Program Learning Outcomes
  1. Develop skills to enhance ability to speak and write effectively.
  2. Interpret developmental theories to understand the learning and behavior of children and adolescents.
  3. Analyze and interpret trends in classroom practices.
  4. Develop one’s personal philosophy of education based on reading, research, and class assignments.
  5. Respond to the daily classroom management needs.
  6. Provide support and assistance for students with special and/or diverse needs.
  7. Demonstrate understanding of mathematics in preparation for teaching basic math skills (if applicable)
  8. Demonstrate use of creativity and the arts as teaching tools (if applicable)

 

Academic Preparation

It is highly recommended that the following criteria be met to begin this program, and it is REQUIRED by the completion of 24 credits:

12th-grade reading level is required. Placement test scores must indicate readiness to begin EN 101-Composition.

Competency in Pre-Algebra or Pre-Statistics is required for options 2 and 3.

Competency in mathematics fundamentals is required for T.A. certificate options 1 and 4. Pre-Algebra or Pre-Statistics is recommended.

Program Requirements

24 Semester Hours 

Course Code
Title
Semester Hours
3
Sub-Total Semester Hours
24

Suggested Program Sequence

1st Semester 

Course Code
Title
Semester Hours
3
Sub-Total Semester Hours
12

2nd Semester 

Course Code
Title
Semester Hours
Sub-Total Semester Hours
12

RESTRICTED ELECTIVE OPTIONS:

Option 1:
Electives are restricted to the approved SUNY
General Education courses listed on (page 72).
One of these courses must be selected in the
knowledge and skill areas of American
History, Western Civilization or Other World
Civilization.

Option 2:
Designed for Teaching Assistants working
with the birth to 2nd grades. (Choose 3).
MA 105 Math for Elementary Teachers I -3
ED 110 Education of Diverse Populations -3
HI ELE History Elective -3
ELE SUNY Gen Ed Elective -3

Option 3:
Designed for Teaching Assistants working in
1st to 6th grades.
MA 105 Math for Elementary Teachers I - 3
ED 110 Education of Diverse Populations - 3
HI ELE History Elective - 3

Option 4:
Designed for Teaching Assistants working in 7th to 12th grades.

HI ELE History Elective - 3
ELE SUNY Gen Ed Elective - 3
ELE SUNY Gen Ed Elective - 3

SUNY General Education and History
courses must be applicable to educational
programs leading to teacher certification.

Option 5:
Most flexible. Designed to maximize
transferability to private colleges.
EN 101 Composition - 3
MA 090 Mathematics Fundamentals - 0
PY 101 Psychology - 3
HU ELE Humanities Elective - 3
ED 101 Foundations of Education - 3
PY 205 Child and Adolescence - 3
Psychology  
GN ELE General Elective - 9  
Minimum Credits - 24

Career Opportunities: Meets New York State requirements for Teaching Assistants and provides transfer base for continued study in teacher education

 

 

 

Total Semester Hours
24