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Our M.A. program offers three tracks to certification for new and experienced teachers, while our Ed.M. and doctoral programs offer advanced study in the field of English Education.

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Our highly diverse student body creates a community of graduate students that we believe are unmatched in the English-speaking world for talent and accomplishment. All of our degree programs emphasize a commitment to reflective practice.

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Achieve your career aspirations as a teacher and leader while helping to shape the future of English education—particularly in urban settings.

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A pilgrimage to Shakespeare’s Globe: Amanda Abbott-Lopez and Sammie Smith

This summer, Doctoral students - Amanda Abbott-Lopez and Sammie Smith spent time abroad at one of the most famous theater houses in the world, The Globe Theater London. 

 

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Distinguished Speaker Series: Ruth Vinz and Janet Miller

The A&H Distinguished Speaker Series (AH-DSS) showcases the scholarship of faculty in the Department of Arts and Humanities. Speakers are professors from across the ten programs in the Department - Applied Linguistics and TESOL, Art and Education, Arts Administration, Bilingual and Bicultural Education, Dance Education, English Education, History and Education, Music and Music Education, Philosophy and Education, and Social Studies Education. 

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Our M.A. program offers three tracks to certification for new and experienced teachers, while our Ed.M. and doctoral programs offer advanced study in the field of English Education.

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Welcome to the English Education Program

When you choose Teachers College, Columbia University for your graduate studies in English Education, you’re choosing a program that emphasizes inquiry and research with a strong focus on urban education. You’ll become part of a collaborative and diverse community where you’ll not only learn how to teach, but also how to advocate for progressive change in society. You’ll be encouraged to think broadly as an educational leader, and you’ll do it all in New York City at the first graduate school of education in the nation.

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The M.A. in Teaching of English (INSTEP) degree is geared toward inservice teachers who wish to further their teaching, research, and leadership skills while remaining full time teachers in their communities.

The Ed.M. in English Education degree is well suited for individuals who are currently teaching and who wish to concentrate their studies further within the field of English education and/or individuals who are thinking about undertaking doctoral work in English education, but feel a need to first expand their grasp of current issues in the field.

The primary purpose of the doctoral programs in English Education at Teachers College is to advance knowledge relevant to the teaching and learning of English and to prepare expert teachers of English for careers as scholars, researchers, and teacher educators in the field of English education. The doctoral programs in English Education are open to a wide range of interests, backgrounds, and professional ambitions in its applicants. However, all students are expected to become conversant with the principal theories, research methods, and pedagogical traditions of the field of English education. Beyond these fundamentals, students work in close consultation with faculty members to develop individualized programs of study. Applicants to the doctoral programs ordinarily possess a master’s degree in English, Education, or a related field and have three to five years of prior teaching experience at the secondary school or college level.

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When People Say They Don't See Race, 'I Ask Them If They Don't See Me'

Dr. Marcelle Mentor contributed to an article titled, “When People Say They Don’t See Race, I Ask Them If They Don’t See Me” through EdWeek. The piece is part of a six-part series featured on EdWeek, which covers contributions from faculty at universities as well as other educators in New York City and the USA. This sixth post explores, “Why colorblindness continues to be perpetuated in the field of education and the cost of not addressing it."  

Marcelle Mentor
Mentor, Marcelle
Lecturer in English Education
Tuesday, Sep 17, 2019
Affirming Black Girls’ Humanity: Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz blogs in Education Week about the huge disparity in school suspension

"Before deeply investigating the disparities in their suspension data, school districts must first acknowledge and affirm the humanity of black girls. They must understand how their practice of disproportionately suspending them is an infringement on their humanity. Black girls deserve to be seen for their complexity and should not have certain aspects of their behavior stereotyped as defiant and deviant. Stereotypes flatten their experiences."

Yolanda Sealey-Ruiz
Sealey-Ruiz, Yolanda
Associate Professor of English Education
Wednesday, Feb 27, 2019

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