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Teacher Education

Preparing to inspire

Become a teacher or school leader with our certification programs

 

Subject mastery. Teaching excellence.

Stony Brook was founded in 1957 to prepare math and science teachers, and we’ve been doing it ever since. Here, you’ll study the subject you love with the scholars who research it, and learn how to teach it from faculty who’ve run classrooms and schools of their own. Before you graduate, you’ll put it all into practice in local schools. When you’re done, you’ll be ready for New York State certification and a classroom of your own.

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I’m in high school or transferring

Apply to Stony Brook and pick one of 20 majors in the subject you want to teach

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Earn your certification through an MAT, an MA in TESOL, or an MS in Speech-Language Pathology

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$78,962

Median entry level teacher salary on Long Island

New York State Department of Labor¹

40+

SBU certification pathways

SBU—includes primary programs and extensions²

98%

Certification exam pass rate, 2022

TItle II Reports, Department of Education via SBU³

Sources: 1, 2, 3

Olivia Karp

Stony Brook prepares you for real classroom experiences.

Student teaching builds your confidence and lets you develop your own teaching style using the methods from your coursework. The professors are open to fresh ideas and help you when you need direction.

And the community in the MAT program is unmatched.

Olivia Karp, MAT ’24 English Teacher, Bayshore High School

 

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