Educational Theatre Post-Masters Certificate

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Adelphi’s advanced certificate program in Educational Theatre offers a path for the theatre major that already holds a master’s degree to attain New York State teaching certification in theatre P-12. The advanced certificate in Educational Theatre consists of 15 credits in the educational theatre core. For theatre majors who have earned a master’s degree in a non-teaching area, the program will consist of 21 credits, with the addition of a 6-credit required student teaching semester. Additionally, several prerequisite courses in education will be required if lacking in the candidate’s prior course of study.

All teacher certification candidates must take and pass the New York State Teacher’s Certification Examinations (NYSTCE) required for their particular area of certification which includes the Content Specialty Test in Theatre.

For more information, please contact Diane Caracciolo.

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Requirements for the Advanced Certificate in Educational Theatre P - 12

Prerequisites:

Foundations of Education, Human Development; Youth Literacies, Introduction to Special Education, and Health Education 610 or required SED approved workshops in Child Abuse Reporting and Violence Prevention.

Required Core

(15-21 Credits)

EAR (0803) 503 - Exploring the Arts Series: Educational Theater Credits: 3 (25 hrs. FW)
EAR (0803) 508 - Exploring the Arts: Creative Dramatics, Pre-K-6 Credits: 3 (25 hrs. FW)
EAR (0803) 511 - Exploring the Arts: Drama for Children with Special Needs Credits: 3 (25 hrs. FW)
EDO (0809) 500 - The Art of Teaching Shakespeare Credits: 3

ONE related elective, under advisement, such as:

EAR (0803) 504 - Exploring The Arts Series: Creative Movement Credits: 3
EAR (0803) 515 - Integrating the Arts in Curricula: The Waldorf Method Credits: 3
EAR (0803) 518 - Exploring the Arts: Creative Speech and Storytelling Credits: 3
EYC (0814) 655 - Children’s Play: A Source of Development and Learning Credits: 3.00

Course required for students who have not student taught

EAR (0803) 792 - Student Teaching in Theater Education Credits: 6.00

Additional Requirements for Program Completion/State Certification

Satisfactory completion of Content Core Requirements and General Education courses, including a foreign language
Maintenance of 3.0 in all program coursework
Students in programs leading to NYS teacher certification in theatre must take and pass several required New York State Teacher Certification Examinations including the Content Specialty Test (CST) in Theatre, the edTPA (Teacher Performance Assessment) in Performing Arts, the Educating All Students Test (EAS), and the Academic Literacy Skills Test (ALST). Updated test information and other details of certification program procedures can be found at the following website: http://auadvisement-rsasoe.wikispaces.com/Welcome