A national leader in promoting social mobility, Lehman College serves as an intellectual, economic and cultural center for the Bronx and beyond.
Affordable, flexible and nationally recognized, Lehman offers more than 130 undergraduate and graduate degrees, 43 graduate certificates and two doctoral programs across six schools. It is also a leader in online education, with nine undergraduate majors and six graduate programs offered fully online.
The School of Education upholds Lehman College's commitments to access, excellence and multicultural understanding through academic departments dedicated to developing teachers who affirm diversity, creativity, critical thinking, integrity and technological expertise in 21st-century tools and skills.
The School of Education has three departments:
Counseling, Leadership, Literacy and Special Education
Early Childhood and Childhood Education
Middle and High School Education
Lehman offers graduate degree programs for future teachers seeking initial teacher certification in New York state. Choose from an array of age ranges and subject areas. Types of master's degrees include:
Childhood Education/Elementary Education (grades 1-6) Childhood Education/Elementary Education (grades 1-6) / Bilingual Computer Science (all grades) Early Childhood Education (birth-grade 2) English Language Arts (grades 7-12) English Language Arts (grades 7-12) / Students with Disabilities (grades 7-12) Mathematics (grades 5-9) Mathematics (grades 7-12) Music (all grades) Science / Students with Disabilities (grades 7-12) Science 7-12 Social Studies (grades 7-12) / Students with Disabilities (grades 7-12) Spanish (grades 7-12) Special Education / Bilingual 1-6 Special Education / Mathematics (grades 7-12) Students with Disabilities (grades 7-12) Visual Arts (all grades)
Program Overview
Most students complete their master’s degree program within three academic years. In your final semester, you will complete your student teaching hours with a full-time placement in a local school.
Program Hallmarks
The Lehman College School of Education has developed a Professional Development Network of schools that partner with the College to prepare future teachers.
The close collaboration between local educators and Lehman faculty provides you with valuable field and clinical experiences in high-needs schools, preparing you for your future professional teaching career.
The School Of Education takes pride in serving the diverse local community and in contributing to a generation of teachers who:
Are committed to educational justice, equity, and anti-racist and inclusive approaches.
Have the skills and competence to teach to high academic standards and have well-developed teaching strategies to meet the needs of all students.
The School Of Education maintains productive partnerships with local schools to create practical arrangements between future teachers and local schools. Local schools and Lehman faculty work together to:
Create meaningful hands-on experiences
Evaluate and review the quality of program mentoring and supervision
Train mentor teachers and field consultants
Examine the assessment data gathered
The School Of Education focuses on culturally and linguistically relevant teaching and learning across departments and certification areas.
Lehman prepares you to be competent in the following areas:
Addressing the needs of diverse populations.
Implementing best teaching practices for multilingual learners, low-income children and families, gifted and talented students and new immigrant populations.
Stats
Gender
Male
Female
49%
51%
Ethnicity
American Indian or Alaskan Native
Asian
Black
Hispanic/Latino
Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander
White
Two or more races
0%
9%
13%
16%
2%
53%
7%
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