Turn the subject you love into a classroom career. Earn your Rhode Island teacher certification and a master's degree together, at the state's flagship university.
Your undergraduate degree is in something other than education. That's the point. Your subject knowledge counts toward certification, and we build the rest around it.
Lead a classroom of young learners across literacy, math, science and more.
Teach English, history, a language, math or a science. Your major courses can count.
Help students build healthy habits for life, in the gym and the classroom.
Run the hub of a modern school: research, literacy and digital skills.
A clear, advisor-planned sequence: coursework, clinical experience in real schools, then a full semester of supervised student teaching.
Apply online through the URI Graduate School. We map your transcript to the requirements.
Methods, assessment and inclusive teaching, alongside graduate courses in your subject.
Clinical experiences in Rhode Island schools, then a full semester of student teaching.
Finish your M.A. and become eligible for Rhode Island teacher certification.
Learn from faculty who prepare more of the state's teachers than any other traditional program*, with field placements across Rhode Island and an advisor who plans your course of study with you.
*Traditional program enrollment, 2024 Title II report. Concept copy: to be verified with Feinstein before launch.
“I spent six years in a lab. Now I teach chemistry to sixteen-year-olds, and it's the best decision I've made.”
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