Graduate Education Literacy student, Kim Lotocki, works with children at Dunkirk School No. 3.

Education Department

The College of Education's Department of Education faculty and staff are dedicated to providing students with engaging and meaningful classes for future educators. 

The College of Education at Fredonia prepares high quality, highly qualified candidates for certification in the areas of Literacy, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages, Childhood Education, Early Childhood Education, Childhood Inclusive Education, and Early Childhood/Childhood Education programs at the undergraduate level, leading to initial certification in these areas.

The Education Department also supports all of the teacher certification programs on campus by offering state of the art courses in child and adolescent development, educational psychology, and educational research. We firmly believe that all students can learn, and we are committed to the preparation of teachers who maximize student learning. We invite you to learn more about the department and programs through the links provided below.

Programs Leading to a Bachelors of Science in Education (BSEd)

Programs Leading to a Masters of Science in Education (MSEd)

Programs Leading to an Advanced Certificate (AC)

Programs leading to a Master of Arts (MA)

 

 

Professional Licensure Disclosure

Successful completion of SUNY Fredonia’s teacher education programs is sufficient for meeting the educational requirements for licensure or certification in New York as a teacher. Successful completion of the program may also be sufficient for meeting the educational requirements for licensure or certification in other states, but this has not been determined by SUNY Fredonia. Enrolled students and prospective students are strongly encouraged to contact their states’ certification entity to review all licensure and certification requirements imposed by that state. 

State  State Professional Licensing Contact for Teacher Education 
Alabama https://www.alabamaachieves.org/state-board-of-education/
Alaska https://education.alaska.gov/TeacherCertification
Arizona https://www.azed.gov/educator-certification
Arkansas https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Offices/educator-effectiveness/educator-l…
California https://www.cde.ca.gov/
Colorado https://www.cde.state.co.us/
Connecticut https://portal.ct.gov/SDE/Certification/Bureau-of-Certification
Delaware https://education.delaware.gov/
District of Columbia https://dcps.dc.gov/
Florida https://www.fldoe.org/teaching/certification/
Georgia https://www.gapsc.com/
Hawaii https://hawaiiteacherstandardsboard.org/content/contact-us-2/
Idaho https://www.sde.idaho.gov/
Illinois https://www.isbe.net/licensure
Indiana https://www.in.gov/doe/educators/educator-licensing/
Iowa https://educateiowa.gov/
Kansas https://www.ksde.org/Agency/Division-of-Learning-Services/Teacher-Licen…
Kentucky http://www.epsb.ky.gov/course/view.php?id=2
Louisiana https://www.louisianabelieves.com/teaching
Maryland https://www.marylandpublicschools.org/Pages/default.aspx
Massachusetts https://www.doe.mass.edu/licensure/
Michigan https://www.michigan.gov/mde/services/ed-serv/moecs
Minnesota https://education.mn.gov/MDE/lic/
Mississippi https://www.mdek12.org/
Missouri https://dese.mo.gov/educators
Montana https://opi.mt.gov/
Nebraska https://www.education.ne.gov/
Nevada https://doe.nv.gov/Educator_Licensure_Contact/
New Hampshire https://www.education.nh.gov/
New Jersey https://www.nj.gov/education/
New Mexico https://webnew.ped.state.nm.us/bureaus/licensure/
New York http://www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/
North Carolina https://www.dpi.nc.gov/
North Dakota https://www.nd.gov/espb/licensure
Ohio http://education.ohio.gov/
Oklahoma https://sde.ok.gov/
Oregon https://www.oregon.gov/tspc/pages/index.aspx
Pennsylvania https://www.education.pa.gov/Pages/default.aspx
Rhode Island https://www.ride.ri.gov/TeachersAdministrators/EducatorCertification.as…
Puerto Rico https://www2.ed.gov/about/contacts/state/pr.html
South Carolina https://ed.sc.gov/
South Dakota https://doe.sd.gov/
Tennessee https://www.tn.gov/education/educators/licensing.html
Texas http://tea.texas.gov
Utah https://www.schools.utah.gov/curr/licensing
Vermont https://education.vermont.gov/educator-licensure
Virgin Islands http://www.vide.vi
Virginia https://www.doe.virginia.gov/teaching-learning-assessment/teaching-in-v…
Washington https://www.pesb.wa.gov
West Virginia https://wvde.us/certification-and-professional-preparation/certIfication
Wisconsin https://dpi.wi.gov/licensing
Wyoming https://wyomingptsb.com/home/contact/

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