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    Teacher Certification Programs Offered at Messiah College

Messiah College offers seventeen teacher certification programs that are approved by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. The table below provides the name of each certification area, grade levels, and the academic department that sponsors each program. For further information about any of our certification programs, please contact the sponsoring academic department or the Admissions Office (717-766-2511).
Certification
Grade Levels
Sponsoring Department
Art Education
K – 12
 Visual Arts
Biology
7 – 12
 Biological Sciences  
Chemistry
7 – 12
 Chemistry and Biochemistry  
Early Childhood Education
P – 4
 Education  
English
7 – 12
 English  
English as Second Language (ESL)
Program Specialist* (requires certification in another area)
K – 12
 Modern Languages      
Environmental Education
(requires dual certification with Biology)
K – 12
 Biological Sciences
Family and Consumer Sciences
K – 12
 Human Development and Family Sciences  
French  
K – 12
 Modern Languages
German  
K – 12
 Modern Languages
Health and Physical Education  
K – 12
 Health and Human Performance
Mathematics  
7 – 12
 Mathematical Sciences
Middle Level Education
4 - 8
 Education
Music Education  
K – 12
 Music
Social Studies
7 – 12
 History  
Spanish  
K – 12
 Modern Languages

Special Education: Cognitive, Behavior and Physical/Health Disabilities (requires dual certification with Elementary Education)
N – 8
 Education

 

*For additional information about applying for the ESL Program Specialist Certificate, see the following Pennsylvania Department of Education link:

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