Adolescent Spanish Advanced Certificate

Program Overview

This post-master’s advanced certificate program will prepare you to teach Spanish to middle school and high school students of diverse backgrounds, abilities and interests in grades 7-12.

Coursework & Fieldwork: Courses are offered in the afternoon and evening. Some courses may be available in an online or hybrid format. Select courses have required hours of classroom experience (fieldwork) in a New York City public school. Students also participate in supervised teaching (student teaching and/or practicum) as the culmination of their course of study. Student teaching and/or practicum requires five full days per week for at least one semester.

Credits: 26-27

Certification: Adolescent Spanish Education Grades 7-12

Eligibility & Admission Requirements

This program is designed for applicants who possess a master’s degree in Spanish.

An undergraduate major of at least 30 credits in Spanish, and a master’s degree in the Spanish with a GPA of at least 3.3 from an accredited institution.
A general education core in the liberal arts and sciences to include: artistic expression, communication, information retrieval, concepts in history and social sciences, humanities, a world language other than English, scientific and mathematical processes, and written analysis and expression
Two letters of recommendation
A statement of purpose
Oral proficiency at the Advanced Low level on the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Language (ACTFL) Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI).
An official Graduate Record Examination (GRE) score report

To Apply

Applications are accepted each Fall and Spring semester.

To start your application, click here.

When applying to this program under Program of Study, select School of Education – Adolescent Education and Post Master’s Cert. in Adolescent Education Spanish (Grades 7-12).