Teacher Certification

Programs in the Field of Education

Canisius University offers graduate educator preparation programs for candidates seeking their first certification and those looking to add additional academic credentials.  The Initial Certification programs are taken by candidates seeking their first license.  The Professional Certification programs are taken by candidates who earned initial certification in an undergraduate program.  Those seeking to pursue counseling or educational leadership would take one of the programs listed under Other School Professional Programs.

Graduate Initial Preparation Programs

Childhood Education(1-6)/Special Education (All Grades - PreK-12) 
Childhood Education Grades 1-6/TESOL
Adolescence Education Grades 7-12
Adolescence Ed/Special Education (All Grades - PreK-12) (MSEd)
Business and Marketing Education K-12
Physical Education - Initial Certification K-12

Graduate Professional Certification Programs

Coaching Advanced Certificate
Differentiated Instruction ( This program is no longer accepting students and will be discontinued) 
Instructional Technologies and Curriculum Design
Literacy
Physical Education (Online Professional Certification)
TESOL/Bilingual Degrees & Certificates
Teaching Students with Disabilities (All Grades)
Special Education - Advanced

Graduate Other School Professional Programs

School Counseling-MS
School Counseling-Advanced Certificate for Permanent Certification
Educational Leadership

4+1 Programs 

Content Area plus Adolescence 7-12 Teaching Students with Disabilities (All Grades)