FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

MANHATTAN COLLEGE GRADUATE EDUCATION DIVISION TO HOST OPEN HOUSE FOR TEACHERS INTERESTED IN SPECIAL ED

RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Local teachers are invited to attend an open house sponsored by Manhattan College’s graduate education department on Wednesday, April 13 from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the admissions office located in O’Malley Library (2nd Floor) on campus.

Find out more about the department’s Teacher/Leader Quality Program (TLQP), which is a tuition-assisted Master of Science degree program leading to dual certification in special education and elementary education with the option for a middle school extension. TLQP is open to teachers in the Yonkers Public Schools and New York City Department of Education in regions one and two. It is also now open to non-public school teachers in the Bronx and Yonkers.

The program is geared for teachers interested in increasing their knowledge and skills working with the at-risk and disabled population. Admissions preference will be given to teachers in low-performing schools as well as those who are teaching out of their license area. Teams from schools are encouraged to apply. Candidates must meet the academic requirements for admission into the Manhattan College Graduate Education Program. Manhattan faculty will be available to conduct transcript evaluations. For more information, please call the department directly at (718) 862-7418/7370 or e-mail elizabeth.kosky@manhattan.edu.

Manhattan College is located at West 242nd Street near Broadway in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, one mile from the Westchester County line and accessible by MTA subway lines 1 and 9.

Manhattan College offers more than 40 major fields of study in the programs of arts, business, education, engineering and science. For more information, visit www.manhattan.edu.

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