Our advanced certificates lead to NYSED certification in specialized areas and an extension/annotation on your NYS teaching credentials.
The extra credits can make all the difference, and specialization can help make you a more marketable, knowledgeable, and well-rounded educator.
Intensive, focused coursework and hands-on learning are benchmarks of the advanced certificate programs at the Graduate School of Education. We unite pedagogical theory and classroom practice, explore innovative teaching and outreach methods, and emphasize culturally responsive instruction.
Pursuing an advanced certificate is an ideal—and affordable—way for experienced teachers and educational personnel to strengthen their expertise in a specific area, from program development for gifted children to teaching English Language Learners with disabilities.
Most programs require 12-15 credits, inclusive of fieldwork. Upon successful completion, you’ll be eligible for an extension/annotation on your New York State teaching credentials, and your earned credits can apply to an additional salary differential.
With advanced certification, not only will you be able to more effectively and compassionately serve diverse student populations, you’ll increase your value as an educator and improve your career prospects.
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)
Our 15-credit Advanced Certificate in TESOL will allow you to expand your teaching to ESL or strengthening your capacities to serve a diverse student body. Evening, Sunday, and online courses are available.
Sara Sylaj was born in Albania and moved to the U.S at the age of 12. She holds a master’s degree in Italian education from Hunter College and is seeking an advanced TESOL certificate at Touro University. She currently work as a substitute teacher in the NYC DOE.
My experience at Touro University has been fruitful and productive, learning about different strategies and tools I can use to meet English learners’ language and academic needs and help them build confidence in their abilities as they acquire new knowledge in different content areas.
Sara Sylaj, Advanced TESOL certificate candidate at Touro University
The assignment: Differentiated Assessment Using Authentic Student Products with Emphasis on The Practices and Principles of Differentiation
Assignment Objectives:
Understand and integrate principles of differentiation into assessment techniques.
Modify existing lesson plans to incorporate differentiated assessments using authentic student products.
Integrate and discuss anonymized student products, focusing on differentiating assessment based on readiness, interest, and learning profile.
Reflect on the practices and principles of differentiation and its impact on multilingual learners.
Paper:
Present both the original and modified lesson plans.
In-depth discussion on the integration of anonymized student products and their relevance to differentiated assessment.
Application of the differentiated strategies suchas Graphic Organizers, RAFTs, Choice Grids, VAK Tasks, etc. to provide clarity on the execution of differentiated assessment.
Video: Produce a 2-4 minute video presenting a chosen aspect of differentiated assessment, specifically showing how a student’s anonymized product illustrates YOUR PERSONALIZED differentiation in action.
Assignment Reflection:
Reflect on your understanding and application differentiation FOR ELLs/MLs.
Discuss how differentiated assessment, grounded in student readiness, interest, and learning profile, impacts multilingual learners.
Evaluate YOUR practices, challenges, and successes in implementing differentiation. Please note that you will write your reflection from an I-perspective, with explicit references to your work and professional growth.
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