WHY STUDY
TEACHING
AT CARLOW?
At Carlow, we believe experience is one of the best teachers. Because of our strong reputation for preparing good teachers and our ideal location, Carlow has an excellent history of placing students in schools for observations and student teaching. Students have easy access to Pittsburgh’s extensive systems of public, parochial, and private schools—including The Campus School of Carlow University, located on the Carlow campus—as well as the opportunity to complete student teaching in Ireland. With more than 150 hours of classroom observation and 450 hours of classroom teaching, you will be prepared to handle situations impossible to simulate in a university classroom. LEARN MORE AT CARLOW.EDU/ACADEMICS
EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION
WHAT WILL I DO AFTER GRADUATION?
This certification prepares you to work with children from birth through nine years of age. Carlow offers early childhood teacher certification in accordance with new Pennsylvania Department of Education guidelines.
Recent Carlow graduates who majored in teaching fields have accepted jobs as:
MIDDLE LEVEL EDUCATION This certification prepares you to work with students in grades four through eight with content specialties in English/language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies.
SECONDARY EDUCATION (TO INCLUDE BIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY, ENGLISH, HISTORY, MATH, ART) This certification prepares you to teach one or more content areas in grades seven through 12. You major in the content area you wish to teach—biology, chemistry, English, general science, mathematics, or social studies—and are encouraged to prepare yourself in a second teaching area.
SPECIAL EDUCATION This program prepares you to meet the needs of children with a wide variety of mental, physical, social, emotional, and behavioral disabilities in multiple settings. Graduates of the program obtain Pennsylvania Special Education certification in PreK–8, (three years through eighth grade) and/or 7–12, (seventh grade through 21 years of age). *Must be combined with a major in Early Childhood, Middle Level, or Secondary Education. CARLOW OFFERS A MASTER OF EDUCATION (MED) DEGREE IN ART EDUCATION, EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION, AND EARLY CHILDHOOD SUPERVISION. STUDENTS CAN ALSO CHOOSE TO GET AN MED WITH CERTIFICATION IN INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY SPECIALIST, SECONDARY EDUCATION IN SPECIFIC CONTENT AREAS, OR SPECIAL EDUCATION.
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Early childhood education teacher Middle school teacher High school teacher Special education teacher Center director Curriculum manager Assistant curator of education Faculty development director
WHERE WILL I WORK? Carlow education students and graduates have interned or accepted full-time positions in such places as: • • • • • • • •
Western Pennsylvania School for the Blind Pittsburgh Public Schools Shady Side Academy Fox Chapel School District Mount Lebanon School District The Andy Warhol Museum Kindercare, Inc. Penn Hills School District
HOW MUCH WILL I MAKE? The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates the 2012 average yearly earnings of teachers by educational level taught: • Kindergarten: • Elementary school: • Middle school: • Secondary school: • Special Ed, Kindergarten: • Special Ed, Middle: • Special Ed, Secondary:
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