3. Question about the right certification route

Question about the right certification route

I'm a little confused. 2nd and 3rd grade is primary aged (elementary school) not secondary (middle-high school).

In NY (where I got my degree and hold my certification) early childhood: Birth - grade 2 elementary: kindergarten/grade 1 - grade 6 (depending on the program) secondary/adolescence: grades 7-12

A lot of the time, early childhood and elementary is combine. Let's you get a bachelors in just early childhood ed (b-2), but your masters is elementary special education (1-6), you can take another test and be certified for both gen ed and special ed birth to grade 6. This would be four separate certification.

I was in a 5 year program where I basically got my bachelors in elementary ed and then my masters in special ed birth- grade 6. I am certified to teach general education and special education b-6.

With a bachelors in history, I believe it might be easier to go for your masters in the secondary field as a history teacher. Most of the time to be a middle or high school teacher you need to have those content classes because you teach that specific subject more than a elementary teacher does who teaches all subjects.

You can most likely do secondary special education and be certified to teach as a general education history teacher and special education teacher for grades 7-12. If you get burnt out in special ed (which happens), you will be certified to teach general education as well. I've never heard of anyone being certified in special ed and not general ed as well.

Unfortunately, if you want to really do early childhood or elementary special education it might be a little more difficult because your bachelors isn't relevant at all like it would be for secondary. I know of people who have a bachelors in psychology and then go into special education masters programs, but those are two related fields.

Your best bet would be to find a college or program you want and talk to an advisor in the department about it and/or contact state ed (or possibly a local BOCES representative who is in charge of certification).

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