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MANHATTAN COLLEGE GRADUATE EDUCATION DIVISION HOSTS OPEN HOUSE FOR LOCAL 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 Tuesday, April 20 from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. in the College’s Admissions Office (2nd Floor) located in O’Malley Library.

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-elementary education with the option for middle school extension.  This program is open to teachers in the Yonkers Public Schools and New York City Department of Education Teachers in Regions 1, 2 and 10. 

This program is designed for teachers interested in increasing their knowledge and skills for working with the at-risk and disabled population.  Admissions preference will be given to teachers in Corrective Action Schools as well as teachers 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.  For more information about this program and the scheduled open house, please contact the department directly at (718) 862-7418/7370 or e-mail elizabeth.kosky@manhattan.edu.

The 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, founded by the Brothers of the Christian Schools, offers more than 40 major fields of study in the programs of arts, business, education, engineering and science.  For more information, visit http://www.manhattan.edu.

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