Program Overview
Dance Education (MA) Program
The Dance Education (MA) program is designed for individuals with at least 34 credits in Dance but who do not have New York State (NYS) certification in Dance. This program leads to New York State certification to teach Dance Pre K-12.
Academic Plan
- The program code for certification is 35007 – DANCE EDUCATION.
- The subplan is DANEDLNYSC.
Total Credits for Track 1
- For students who began the program Fall 2024 and beyond: 48 credits.
- For students who began the program before Fall 2024: Earn at least 49 credits.
Program Advisors
- Ana Nery Fragoso, Program Coordinator
- Arisa Baksh, Certification, Graduation and Administrative Advisor
- Carolina Gomez, Clinical Placement Specialist
Program Sequences
The program sequence provides a suggested order of education courses for the program based on start date. It also includes when to take certification exams and apply for clinical experiences in addition to other important non-course requirements.
- For students who began the program Fall 2024 and beyond: Program Sequence.
- For students who began the program before Fall 2024: Students must meet with the program advisors to determine their particular course of study before registering for classes.
Transfer of Credits and Waivers
Transfer of Credits
A matriculated student may request a transfer of credit for a graduate-level course completed at another institution. To be eligible, the course must have been taken within the past five years and closely match the content of a required course in the student’s Hunter College program.
- Graduate students are limited to 12 transfer credits.
- The program will review transfer of credit requests for the following courses:
- CEDF 71300 Child & Adolescent Development
- DAN 70100 Embodied Research Practices (taken twice)
- DAN 70500 Maintenance of the Dancer’s Instrument
- DAN 74200 Graduate Dance History
- EDUC 72000 DASA, Health & Safety in Birth through 21
- Eligible for transfer with equivalent health course and the completion of Child Abuse, School Violence and Dignity for All Students Act (DASA) workshop
- SEDF 70300 Social Foundations of Adolescent Education
- SEDF 72000 Educational Psychology: Learning and Motivation
- DANED 76000 Dance Methods I: Curriculum Design and Pedagogy for Productive Teaching and Learning
- Eligible for transfer credit only in exceptional cases, with rigorous faculty review and approval.
- DANED 76200 Dance Methods II: Advanced Curriculum Design and Pedagogy for Productive Teaching and Learning
- Eligible for transfer credit only in exceptional cases, with rigorous faculty review and approval.
- EDUC 71500 Supporting Multilingual Learners Across The Curriculum
- Eligible for transfer credit only in exceptional cases, with rigorous faculty review and approval.
- SPED 70800 Teaching Students with Disabilities in Inclusive Settings
- Eligible for transfer credit only in exceptional cases, with rigorous faculty review and approval.
- EDUC 70800 Clinical Experiences 1 (KC)
- Eligible for transfer credit only in exceptional cases, with rigorous faculty review and approval.
- EDUC 70900 Clinical Experiences 2 (KC)
- Eligible for transfer credit only in exceptional cases, with rigorous faculty review and approval.
Courses Never Approved for Transfer or Waiver
- DAN 73000 Studies of Forms
- DAN 73500 Performance and Presentation
- DAN 74000 Aesthetics
- DAN 74600 Special Topics in Dance
- DANED 76400 Supervised Teaching in Dance Grades PreK-12 (KC)
- DANED 76602 Student Teaching in Dance Grades PreK-12 (KC)
- DANED 76605 Student Teaching Dance (KC)
Clinical Experiences
Students in the Dance Education (MA) program participate in developmental field experiences (fieldwork), and supervised teaching (student teaching and/or practicum) administered by the Office of Clinical Experiences (OCE).
Fieldwork
Fieldwork is a classroom experience in a New York City Public School in conjunction with a course. Select courses have fieldwork requirements.
- Registration, Placement and Application Processes and Procedures:
- Placement: Students must apply before registering for select fieldwork experiences requiring 36 or more hours of fieldwork and will be placed by the Office of Clinical Experiences at a Hunter College Partner School in New York City.
- Application: Students must apply for the following courses with fieldwork components through the Office of Clinical Experiences before registering.
- Registration and Placement Process: The Office of Clinical Experiences reviews applications for eligibility, grants registration permission, and notifies students via their myhunter.cuny.edu email address.
Supervised Teaching: Student Teaching/Practicum
Students participate in supervised teaching (student teaching and/or practicum) as the culmination of their course of study. Student teaching and/or practicum requires five full days per week for one semester.
- Registration, Placement and Application Processes and Procedures:
- Registration and Placement: All students must apply for student teaching and/or practicum through the Office of Clinical Experiences for registration permission and to be placed.
- Required Exams: Students must pass the following New York State exams before registration permission is granted for Supervised Teaching:
- Educating All Students (EAS)
- Students with initial certification do not have to take the Educating All Students (EAS) exam.
- Content Specialty Test (CST) – Dance
- Educating All Students (EAS)
- Student Teaching Placement: Student Teachers are placed by the Office of Clinical Experience with a mentor/cooperating teacher at a Hunter College Partner School in New York City.
- Practicum: Students working full time as assistant, associate or head teacher may be eligible to complete Practicum in their current job if it is aligned with their pending certification/area of study.
Graduation
Graduation is the official completion of your program and conferral of an academic degree. In order to graduate, students must apply for graduation using CUNYFirst the semester before the semester of their planned graduation and complete any outstanding requirements by the stated deadlines.
Certification and Licensure
The Dance Education (MA) program leads to New York State certification to teach Dance Pre K-12. Students must wait to apply for certification until they receive an email from the School of Education indicating their recommendation has been entered.
Types of Certification
- Initial Certificate: The entry-level teaching certificate and is valid for five years.
- Professional Certificate: An advanced certificate. Once teachers have completed three years of full-time, paid teaching experience including one year of mentored teaching, they can apply for professional certification.
Application Checklist
- Review Your Fingerprint Status: All students in programs leading to New York State certification need to have their fingerprints cleared by the New York State Education Department (NYSED).
- Take Required Certification Exams and Workshops:
- Exams: Educating All Students (EAS) and Content Specialty Test (CST) – Dance.
- Workshops: School Violence Prevention and Intervention, Prevention and Child Abuse Identification and Reporting, and Dignity for All Students Act (DASA) workshop.
- Apply for Graduation: In order to be recommended for certification, all students in all programs including advanced certificate programs, must complete their program and apply for graduation.
- Apply for Certification: Certification candidates must wait to apply for certification until receiving an email from the School of Education indicating their recommendation has been entered.
Additional Resources
- Expiring Certifications: If you will not graduate from the Advanced Certificate program prior to the expiration of your initial certificate, you may be eligible for an extension through NYSED’s TEACH Online Services.
- Out of State Certification or Licensure: Students applying for certification or licensure in states other than New York must complete the Out of State Certification and Licensure Form and upload the required completed form for the state they are applying to.
- Hunter International Students (F1 Visa Holder) Certification or Licensure: Hunter International Students who hold F1 Visas but do not have a Social Security number must email to request a TEACH Access Number (TAN). The TEACH Access Number (TAN) must be used in lieu of a Social Security Number for all processes involving certification.