Love kids? Start your teacher education studies with us and go on to become a teacher who inspires the next generation! Students who complete this program earn an Associate in Liberal Arts and Sciences: Childhood Education (Teacher Education Transfer) AA Degree, with a concentration in one of the following: Biology, Earth Science, History/Social Studies, Mathematics, or English. Faculty in this program emphasize the importance of general education and are committed to excellence in teaching, as well as to the curricular and career advisement of students. In accordance with the SUNY Teacher Education Transfer Template, this program is organized around three coordinated sets of courses: General education courses, to provide students with a deep, rich liberal educational foundation in the arts and sciences; Major course concentrations, designed to prepare students to teach within the New York State Common Core Curriculum and also to help students become strong advocates for that discipline’s subject matter in their teaching career; An integrated core of pedagogical courses intended to provide students with a set of individualized experiences through field observation and hands-on cooperative learning, enabling them to develop effective understandings in each instructional area.