Chair:  William Buckreis

Professors: Charles R. Beck, Cathleen Buydoso, Diane L. Lowe

Assistant Professors: William Buckreis, Katherine L. Hibbard, Kelly Kolodny

Instructor: Beverly Luskin

Coordinator of Field Placements: Peter Dittami

Adjunct Faculty

Professors: Margaret Lidback, Marguerite Mahler, Barbara Curtin Milot, Julia Scandrett

Assistant Professor: Joyce Cutler, Teresa Sellarole

Instructor: Mary-Ann Stadtler-Chester

Curriculum Library Coordinator: Mary Pat Craig

At Framingham State College, students will meet the requirements for the Initial license as an Early Childhood Teacher (Pre-K - 2) or Elementary Teacher (1 - 6) through completion of a coordinate major in education. Secondary Education students minoring in Education may obtain an Initial license in the following fields: studio art, biology, chemistry, English, French, history, mathematics, Spanish, and world languages. Students may obtain middle school level licensure in earth science (5 - 8) or in the secondary subjects listed above with the completion of additional requirements. Students may also obtain the Teacher of Health/Family and Consumer Sciences Initial license (all levels), and Teacher of Visual Art (Pre-K - 8) by special arrangement with the Art and Music Department. Since 1998, students seeking initial licensure at any level have been required to obtain a satisfactory score on the Massachusetts Test for Educator Licensure (MTEL), formerly named the Massachusetts Educator Certification Test.

Framingham State College, the first public college in America to offer teacher preparation, continues to be in the forefront in teacher education, most recently in the area of teaching with technology. Teacher preparation students use wireless laptop computers and digital cameras in their technology-enhanced courses and student teaching. The teacher preparation programs listed above include a series of pre-practicum courses that enable students to address subject matter defined in the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks while preparing for the student teaching experience. The success rate of our students on the Massachusetts Test for Educator Licensure is rooted in a strong liberal arts and sciences curriculum, supported by excellent education courses and academic support services that include test preparation workshops.

All programs of teacher preparation at the College are approved by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Students enrolled in initial licensure programs during the academic year 2003-2004 totaled 370, with an additional 144 seeking second certification through masters programs. Of these, 93 were in programs of supervised student teaching, which requires 300 hours of student participation, averaging 25 hours per week over a semester. In 2004-2005, 15 faculty members, 10 full-time and 5 part-time, participated as supervising faculty for student teaching, with a student/faculty ratio of 5:1. 

Programs in Early Childhood and Elementary Education
Interdisciplinary Major in Liberal Arts and Sciences
Traditional Liberal Arts and Sciences Major
Coordinate Major in Education

Program in Secondary Education
Secondary Education Minor 

Course Descriptions
Education Course Descriptions