Fredonia’s English Adolescence Program allows you to combine two of your passions: your love of reading and writing, and your ambition to shape and develop young minds. This program prepares students to teach English to middle and high school students, and leads to New York State certification grades 7-12. Fredonia will help future English teachers develop the ideas and practices that will make them effective in the classrooms of an increasingly complex and diverse society.
The Fredonia Difference
With Fredonia’s unique approach to English Adolescence Education, you'll go into real-life classrooms from your first year in the program, giving you a valuable head start to your career. Because our program is housed within the English Department, you’ll be taught by English and English Education faculty who guide you as you explore rich English content, effective teaching practices, and hands-on field work throughout your studies. What's more, you can choose to enter Fredonia's accelerated B.A./M.A. in English Adolescence Education before the end of your third year and take only five years in all to complete both degrees, which lead to New York State initial and professional certification.
Professional Licensure Disclosure
Effective July 1, 2024, federal regulation requires institutions of higher education to make a determination whether a Title IV eligible academic program that leads to professional licensure or certification meets the educational requirements for licensure/certification in the U.S. State where the institution is located and the U.S. States where “distance education” students are located at the time of initial enrollment in the program, as well as U.S. States where the program is advertised as meeting such requirements, and if applicable, the U.S. State where students attest they intend to be licensed/certified. The Adolescence Education: English, (B.S.) program at SUNY-Fredonia is registered by the New York State Education Department and thus meets the educational requirements for licensure/certification for New York State. Through a good faith effort, and for the purpose of complying with the federal regulation, we have determined that Adolescence Education: English, (B.S.) program at SUNY-Fredonia meets the educational requirements for licensure/certification in the following U.S. States: New York State however, it is important to note that SUNY-Fredonia is not the licensure/certification authority in these U.S. States and cannot assess whether an individual candidate will be issued a license/certificate in these U.S. States and instead it is incumbent on each individual candidate to contact the licensure/certification authority in the applicable U.S. State for any further guidance on the requirements for licensure/certification requirements and application processes.
