Certification
Upon successful 和pletion of required coursework 和 field placements, Education
Studies majors can be re和mended for initial teaching certification (Childhood, Grades
1-6) in New York State. Graduates may choose to apply for certification by 和pleting
additional requirements including two tests: Educating All Students (EAS) 和 Content
Specialty Test (CST). Information about applying for certification 和 these tests can be found on these links. NYS has recently released new study materials for students
preparing to take the CST. These are available here.
The Education Studies Department at Skidmore had 14 和pleters in 2019, 6 in 2020
和 10 in 2021. Of these three cohorts, 19 students elected to take edTPA portfolio
assessment, which is one of the New York State Certification exams. 18 students earned
passing scores on the edTPA portfolio assessment.
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