Teacher Certification in Italian

• Italian K-12, Certification
• Italian Major/Education Minor

The Italian Program at SJU is proud to be among a few programs in Pennsylvania able to award teacher certification in Italian. Students majoring in Italian may minor in Education to obtain an Instructional I, Secondary Education (7-12) PA Teaching Certificate.  Students must have and maintain an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher to be accepted into the teacher certification program.

Education minor consists of six courses, three with a field experience component in addition to student teaching.  Students spend a total of 72 hours in classroom prior to student teaching, including preparing and teaching lessons, as well as observing and analyzing the teaching of the host teacher.