SCHOOL OF EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL STUDIES 
 

Mitchell Sakofs, Dean
Anne Pautz, Assistant Dean & CCSU Certification Officer
Mary Pat Hager, Associate Counselor 
Phone: (860) 832-2100
Web address: http://www.education.ccsu.edu/

Mission

The faculty of SEPS constitute a professional school dedicated to the quality preparation of professionals in education and other human service settings. As an integral part of CCSU’s history and traditions, the faculty in the school embrace the university’s mission and commitment to “encourage the development and application of knowledge and ideas through research and outreach activities.” Guided by the purpose of Preparing Leaders for Service in Our Communities, it is our mission to provide leadership for:

·         preparing beginning teachers to serve in the region, the state, and the nation;

·        providing advanced preparation to administrators, teachers, counselors, specialists, and other educational leaders;

·        providing advanced preparation to specialists in physical education, counseling, and nursing;

·        applying principles of learning and assessment through a variety of technologies to guide our own best practice and that of practitioners in the professions;

·        developing knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary for professional practice and community service through learning experiences that are rich in diversity of perspectives, values, attitudes, and beliefs and that are enhanced by active reflection; and

·        influencing educational and social policies at the local, state, and national levels.

Academic programs in the School of Education and Professional Studies are accredited by the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT), Connecticut State Department of Education (CSDE), National League of Nursing (NLN), New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), and the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE). In addition, the School of Education and Professional Studies is a member of AACTE; and an active participant on the Teacher Education Council of State Colleges and Universities (TECSCU).
 
The School of Education and Professional Studies offers the Doctoral degree(Ed.D.) in Educational Leadership,  the Six Year Certificate in Educational Leadership (Intermediate Administrator or Supervisor), and the Six Year Certificate in Reading and Language Arts.

CCSU's Department of Education proudly announces a new program to begin in the Summer of 2008: Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) with specializations in Mathematics, Sciences, Spanish, English and Technology & Engineering Education.
Please visit the following link for more information:
http://www.education.ccsu.edu/Departments/Teacher_Education/mat_home.asp

A number of M.S. degrees are offered, including: Counselor Education with specializations in School Counseling, Professional and Rehabilitation Counseling, Student Development in Higher Education; Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, Education Foundations with specializations in Policy and Secondary Education, Educational Leadership, Educational Technology, Physical Education, Reading, Marriage and Family Therapy and Special Education. Two graduate-level Official Certificate Programs are offered: Advanced Official Certificate Program in Professional Counseling and Advanced Official Certificate Program in Reading. 

Post-Baccalaureate work in Teacher Education involves graduate programs that lead to teacher certification in the State of Connecticut.  Post-baccalaureate students are considered graduate students and so must apply to the Graduate Office for admission. Admission to the Graduate School as a post-baccalaureate student precedes the School of Education and Professional Studies’ Professional Program evaluation and admission decision.

Students who already hold a bachelor’s degree may prepare for teacher certification through our post-baccalaureate programs; these programs do not result in a master’s degree.

Students can seek certification in the following fields:

·        Elementary Education

·        Secondary Education in the following subjects: Biology, Business, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, English, French, General Science, German, History, Italian, Mathematics, Physics, Social Studies and Spanish

·        NK-12 Education in the following subjects: Art, Music, TESOL, Special Education (on hold, pending approval), Technology Education 

For more information about the post baccalaureate, teacher certification programs,  or select  or http://www.education.ccsu.edu/Departments/Special_Education/
http://www.history.ccsu.edu/history_ss_postbac.html