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Imagine being able to make a difference in the lives of future generations. Our five-year teacher education programs allow you to do just that - change education for the better! You begin by majoring in an appropriate discipline for your bachelor's degree and apply to the five-year program in your junior year. Once enrolled, you will:

• Begin your study of professional education at the Graduate School of Education
• Complete a student-teaching internship
• Gain knowledge through an equal balance of practical, hands-on learning, and classroom experiences in local schools
• And finally...earn a bachelor's and a Masters of Education (Ed.M.) degree in only five years!

Our nationally recognized faculty has particular strengths in early education, literacy development, educational equity and social justice, and math and science learning and teaching. Through collaborations with scholars and educators—throughout Rutgers and across the education spectrum—they are bringing innovative, interdisciplinary solutions to the nation’s most pressing education issues.

A career in education was once exclusively a career in teaching, usually in an elementary or secondary school or in a college or university, or to a lesser extent in a church or synagogue, or other religious institution. Today it is a much broader enterprise. Most educators are still teachers, but many specialty areas have developed, i.e. reading teachers, guidance counselors, librarians and other media specialists, nurses, physical therapists, social workers, business managers, computer experts--to mention a few. It can be said that teaching is the central career in education. All other educators exist to support teachers in one way or another.

In the public schools the most prevalent career route is a result of training in an approved program which leads to state certification. Other institutions and programs may consider a candidate without certification, but necessarily with a strong educational background and strong commitment.

Though teaching is still the career of choice for education majors, training, education and skills allow one to consider alternative career choices. These are wide and varied, occurring in different settings and with titles other than "teacher"