DIRECTOR, GRADUATE EDUCATION PROGRAMS
Kathleen Vigil, Ed.D.
Director, Graduate Education Programs
(845) 575-3000, ext. 2633
Kathleen.Vigil@marist.edu

There are five graduate programs for teaching at Marist College. They are:

1. Master of Science in Education in Contemporary Curriculum & Instruction (on ground); builds upon initial certification and leads to professional certification
2. Master of Science in Education in Contemporary Curriculum & Instruction (hybrid); builds upon initial certification and leads to professional certification
3. Five Year Bachelor of Science in Childhood Education 1-6, with Special Education certification and Master of Science in Education in Contemporary Curriculum & Instruction; builds upon initial certification and leads to professional certification
4. Master of Arts in Teaching with initial certification in content area and Master of Arts in Adolescence Education with additional certification in Special Education and eligibility for professional certification
5. Five Year Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts with initial certification in content area and Master of Arts in Adolescence Education with additional certification in Special Education and eligibility for professional certification

Mission and Objectives

The graduate education programs offered by Marist College are integrally linked to the College’s Mission, emerging from a longstanding dedication to the preparation of teachers, and both shaped by and shaping the direction taken by the College as it has developed into an institution that is recognized as one of the leading private liberal arts colleges in the Northeast. The program reflects the particular areas of focus for which Marist College teacher education is widely noted, and is defined by our Conceptual Framework.

The Conceptual Framework of the Teacher Education programs identifies its purpose as “Preparing innovative, inclusive educators who promote success and the social good.” This purpose is defined in the Marist Education Department Goals listed below:

Marist Education Department Goals

Goal 1 Foundational Knowledge: Develop candidates’ knowledge related to content, learning, and human development essential for effective and equitable teaching

Goal 2 Pedagogical Practice: Prepare candidates with skills for constructing purposeful learning experiences

Goal 3 Assessment: Prepare candidates to collect and analyze data and use multiple assessment strategies and tools to enhance student achievement and social, emotional, physical, cultural, and cognitive growth

Goal 4 Inclusive Teaching: Prepare change agents who promote access, equity, and justice for all students while working to improve schools

Goal 5 Professional Responsibility: Equip professionals with skills to continually examine and improve their practice

Advanced Teaching Standards (National Board for Professional Teaching Standards)

The five major core standards represent what teachers should know and be able to do, and represent the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards^® Policy Position:

1. Teachers are committed to students and their learning.
2. Teachers know the subjects they teach and how to teach those subjects to students.
3. Teachers are responsible for managing and monitoring student learning.
4. Teachers think systematically about their practice and learn from experience.
5. Teachers are members of learning communities.

Master of Science in Education in Contemporary Curriculum & Instruction (hybrid)

Master of Science in Education in Contemporary Curriculum & Instruction hybrid model is a cohort-based program model. Students start the hybrid model only in summers. This unique 36-credit program is designed to be completed in two years, with two courses completed each semester: summer, fall, and spring. In recognition of the busy and tightly scheduled lives of professional educators today, the program takes advantage of the superior online resources of Marist to combine short, summer sessions in each summer on the beautiful campus in Poughkeepsie with online work during the rest of summer session and the entire length of fall and spring semesters. There are two short summer sessions held at the Marist campus. The summer sessions will take place on campus for one extended weekend (Saturday to Monday), and continue online for another five weeks. All fall and spring semester courses are delivered asynchronously online. Since this is a very intensive program in a hybrid model, students must have good self-management, time and task management, and organization skills.

Courses in this hybrid program are identical to those detailed for the Contemporary Curriculum & Instruction (on ground), M.S. in Ed. .