Education

The Division of Continuing Education and Professional Studies offers a number of professional programs for teachers, as well as for teacher candidates.

Please note that these workshops are still being offered online in real time using Zoom on the same days and times listed in the schedule of classes.  Instructions for taking the course online will be sent to you by the instructor before the course begins.

Molloy Education students are required to complete 3 workshops and be fingerprinted to fulfill New York State requirements to be certified to teach. The following mandatory workshops are offered by the Division of Continuing Education and Professional Studies:

• School Violence Prevention and Intervention Workshop
• Training in the Identification and Reporting of Child Abuse and Neglect (this workshop meets the new updated NYS 2023 requirements to complete the updated child abuse identification and reporting training by April 1, 2025.)
• Dignity for All Students Act (DASA) Workshop

The workshops listed above are offered in the evenings and on Saturdays throughout the fall, spring and summer. All of the above-mentioned workshops are offered at a discount to Molloy students. Click on the workshop titles for the schedule of classes, workshop descriptions and how to register online. Registration and payment for the workshops can be done online. Click here for additional ways to register.

Conferences
Molloy University offers a number of conferences for educators throughout the year. Click here for a list of upcoming education conferences. 

Online Teacher Professional Studies (Graduate Credit)
Our faculty-facilitated online professional development graduate courses for teachers are informative, convenient and highly interactive. Our instructors are famous for their ability to create warm and supportive communities of learners. All workshops run anywhere from one to four weeks and are offered for 3 graduate credits and 45 Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (CTLE) credits at the discounted rate of $900 per course throughout the year. The courses are project-oriented and include lessons, hands-on assignments, discussion areas, supplementary links and more. You can complete any course entirely from your home or school, any time of the day or night. For more information, click here.

Post-Master's Courses in Education Leading to Certification Without an Additional Degree

• Early Childhood Grades Birth - 2nd Individual Pathway Certification
• Bilingual Education Extension Certificate
  
• Childhood Grades 1-6 Individual Pathway Certification
• Middle School 5-6 Extension Certificate
  
• Gifted Education Extension Certificate 
• Educational Technology Specialist Individual Pathway Certification
• Students with Disabilities 1-6 Individual Pathway Certification
• Students with Disabilities 7-12 Individual Pathway Certification
• Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Individual Pathway Certification  
  

Post-Master's Certificate Leading to Certification

• Post-Master's Advanced Certificate in School Building Leader (SBL)
• Post-Master's Advanced Certificate in School District Leader (SDL) 
  

Certificate Programs

• Foundation of Social Emotional Learning Certificate(SEL) (12 credits)  NEW!
• STEM Educator Certificate (9 credits online) 

NEW! Undergraduate Courses in Education 

• Teacher Assistant Certificate Program

Online Teacher Professional Development (In-Service Credit)
Our instructor-facilitated online professional development in-service workshops for teachers run for 6 weeks and are offered for 24 Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (CTLE) credit at $115 per workshop throughout the year. The courses are project-oriented and include lessons, hands-on assignments, discussion areas, supplementary links and more. You can complete any course entirely from your home or school, any time of the day or night. For more information, click here.

•  ESL or bilingual teachers must complete a minimum of 50% of the required CTLE hours in language acquisition,   including a focus on best practices for co-teaching strategies.
•  All other certificate holders must complete a minimum of 15% of the hours dedicated to language acquisition addressing the needs of ELL learners, including a focus on best practices for co-teaching strategies.

The CTLE professional development hours must be rigorous and completed through a sponsor approved by the State Education Department. Molloy University is an approved Sponsor of Continuing Teacher and Leader Education (CTLE) by the New York State Education Department (NYSED), sponsor number 3216.

Molloy University offers professional graduate credit courses to meet CTLE requirements in many certification areas throughout the year, as well as graduate credit courses during the summer through the Summer Institutes for Teachers. Conferences and Online Teacher Professional Development courses are also offered throughout the year which meet CTLE requirements.

Click here for further information on CTLE requirements.

Advanced Placement Summer Institutes
Molloy University, through the Divisions of Education and Continuing Education and Professional Studies, offers Summer Institutes for teachers of advanced placement high school courses. Institutes are taught by experienced teachers of A.P. and are endorsed by the College Board. Click here for the current schedule of classes.

Summer Institutes for Teachers
Summer Institutes for Teachers - Molloy University Summer Institutes are all intensive week-long courses that are designed to be taken by teachers for professional development and are offered for either 3-graduate credits or 2 in-service continuing education credits. All of the Summer Institutes are at either our Rockville Centre Campus or at our Suffolk Center in Amityville. The schedule for the summer institutes is generally available by late January/early February preceding the summer that the institutes are offered. Click here for more information.