New York State Certification

To receive initial teaching certification in New York State, the student must take a test of Liberal Arts and Sciences (LAST), an Assessment of Teaching Skills – Written (ATS-W), and a Content Specialty Test (CST). All students seeking certification must meet state Liberal Arts requirements. To meet those requirements, Manhattanville requires a liberal arts major or the equivalent of at least 30 credits in the liberal arts, and coursework in Literature, History, Math, Science, the Arts, Communication, Written Analysis and Expression, and a Foreign Language. More detailed information is available in the School of Education Graduate Catalog. To be certified in states other than New York, the student is urged to find out about the certification procedures of each state by calling the specific State Education Department, Division of Teacher Certification.