Teaching Assistant - Hudson Valley Community College

Teaching Assistant from Hudson Valley Community College is a Campus Certificate Teaching degree that prepares you for a Education career. The Teaching Assistant Certificate program is designed to provide students with a general core of college-level courses. The courses offered in this program also can be applied to an associate's degree in early childhood. This entire program may be completed online or in the traditional format or a combination of both formats. The 18-hour course of study provides the student with an interactive classroom setting in which the student will acquire educational information and develop skills to enhance their ability to: Speak and write effectively Respond to the daily classroom management needs Communicate with parents, students and other staff Assist the teacher with preparation and instructional delivery within the classroom Respond to the academic and instructional needs of children with special needs Provide developmentally appropriate activities for children Demonstrate positive discipline techniques Identify instructional methodology including differentiated teaching strategies Provide support and assistance for diverse student needs This program not only prepares the student for employment as a teaching assistant, but allows for transfer to a four-year baccalaureate degree program in education as outlined in articulation agreements with The College of Saint Rose and Russell Sage College. CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK The Teacher Preparation Department is committed to preparing sensitive, caring, reflective, and considerate students who are academically strong, pedagogically skilled, and culturally responsive to the needs of diverse learners within a global society. We believe that students should demonstrate a strong foundation and knowledge of typical and atypical child development by modeling attitudes and beliefs which reflect socioeconomic and cultural sensitivity, consideration of others, and flexibility when working with children, adults, coworkers, community members, and families within a global context and in diverse settings. View more details on Hudson Valley Community College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Teaching courses.