HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES


Education (MSEd) The primary purpose of the Department of Education at CSI is to prepare educators who are dedicated to improving education. Improving education requires that teachers and school leaders possess intellectual autonomy and professional responsibility in order to generate ideas that are influenced but not constrained by the thinking of others and to understand the obligations of the education profession and act in accordance with them. To achieve this, our academic programs center on three goals: to gain content knowledge and develop pedagogy; to design and implement instruction that motivates and engages all students; and to demonstrate professional dispositions.


CSI offers programs leading to the Master of Science in Education (MSEd) in Childhood Education, Adolescence Education, Special Education—Childhood, and Special Education—Middle Childhood Generalist. Each program is designed to serve dual functions through two distinct instructional


Michelle Esposito Graduate Student


Adolescence Education (Biology)


ESPOSITO MASTERS IT ALL


A self-described “science person,” Michelle Esposito was surprised at how much she enjoyed the humanities courses she took while pursuing her master’s in education at CSI.


One class that Esposito found enlightening was History of Urban Education. “I saw that history could be really interesting when it is made interactive,” says the Macaulay Honors College alumna. “This course was more like a discussion than a lecture. We delved into historic events and applied them to our own situations.”


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sequences. Whether or not students have an academic background in education, we provide the course requirements for initial or professional certification in New York State.


The Post-Master’s Advanced Certificate for Leadership in Education program is designed to prepare qualified candidates for leadership positions in schools in New York State, with an emphasis on effective leadership in urban schools. The program offers the following certifications: School Building Leader, School District Leader and a Dual Certification.


The School Building Leader track leads to certification required for school leadership positions, such as principal, assistant principal and department chair.


The School District Leader track leads to certification required for school district leadership positions, such as superintendent, assistant superintendent, district coordinator and other district leadership positions.


Looking ahead, Esposito plans to pursue a PhD in biology. She is also eager to build on her research in Dr. Chang-Hui Shen’s laboratory at CSI, which focuses on gene activation and regulation.


“If we can understand how genes are turned on and off and how their expression is regulated, then we can better understand disorders such as cancer, obesity and diabetes,” she says.


Esposito says the best part of her graduate experience has been teaching biology as an adjunct professor at CSI.


“I love teaching so much that sometimes I forget it is work,” she remarks.


PROFILE


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