Manhattan College To Host Open House For Local Teachers Seeking A Master’s Degree

RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Manhattan College has received a Teacher Leader Quality Partnership grant and will host an open house on Tuesday, March 27 for local teachers interested in pursuing a master’s degree in education to increase their knowledge and skills with regard to working with “at risk” and special education students.

This tuition-assisted Master of Science program in Special Education-Dual/Childhood 1-6 is open to teachers in the New York City Department of Education Regions 1 and 2 (Districts 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12), Yonkers Public Schools, and Non-Public schools in these areas. Preference is given to teachers in schools in need of academic improvement, individuals who are not certified, or those teaching out of their certification area.

The program meets the requirements for New York State permanent and professional certification for special education, as well as for general education teachers holding provisional/initial teaching certification. The standards based graduate courses prepare teachers to incorporate problem solving, technology and constructivist activities into the delivery of instruction.

The open house will be held from 4-6:00 p.m. in the admissions office located on the sixth floor of the College’s O’Malley Library.

For more information, please contact Dr. Elizabeth Kosky, director of graduate special education programs at Manhattan College, or her assistant, Margaret Harten Rose, at (718) 862-6969, or e-mail elizabeth.kosky@manhattan.edu or
margaret.harten@manhattan.edu.

Founded in 1853, Manhattan College is an independent, Catholic, coeducational institution of higher learning offering more than 40 major programs of undergraduate study in the areas of arts, business, education, engineering and science, along with graduate programs in education and engineering. For more information about Manhattan College, visit www.manhattan.edu.