Department of Curriculum and Instruction Overview
The Department of Curriculum & Instruction offers CUNY undergraduate programs in Early Childhood, Childhood and Adolescent Education in Social Studies, English, Sciences, Mathematics, and World Languages (Italian and Spanish), leading to Initial Teacher Certification. CUNY MSEd in Childhood, Adolescent (Social Studies, English, Biology and Mathematics), and the unique CUNY MSEd Sequence 2, leading to initial certification in these programs, designed for students who have completed an undergraduate degree in a field other than Education. Other CUNY program offerings include the MSED in TESOL, the Advanced Certificates in TESOL and the Bi- Lingual Extension Program.
Programs Offered by the School of Education
*All School of Education programs are offered jointly with the Department of Educational Studies but programs marked with an asterisk are offered primarily by the Department of Curriculum and Instruction.
- Undergraduate: Early Childhood*
- Undergraduate: Adolescence
- Graduate: Childhood
- Graduate: Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL)*
- Advanced Certificate: Leadership in Education
- Special Education Childhood and Adolescence Education (Advanced Certificate)*
- Undergraduate: Childhood
- Undergraduate: Teacher Education Honors Academy
- Graduate: Adolescence
- Advanced Certificate: Teaching of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL…
- Bilingual Extension Certification (Advanced Certificate)*
- EdD in Community-Based Leadership
TESOL program
Graduate Program to Prepare Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages.
Early Childhood program
Undergraduate Program for the Preparation of teachers of Birth to Grade 2 students.
MSEd -Sequence 2
Graduate Program to prepare secondary teachers for initial certification, intended for those with an undergraduate degree.
Curriculum and Instruction Department Faculty and Staff
Full Time Faculty
Adjunct Faculty
- Loreta Andersen
- Deirdre Armitage
- Steven Azeka
- Nita Baxani
- Joanna Birnbaum
- Anna Carter
- Michael DeConzo
- Susanna Eng
- Barbara Ferrante
- Wendy Halm-Violette
- Ingrid Heidrick
- Sharon Jacobson
- Tunde Jakab
- Angela Mascia-Millan
- Joseph McAnanama
- Denise McNamara
- Candace McNeece
- Edward Miller
- Kristy Parris
- Gail Rosenberg
- Kristen Solheim
- Roslyn Stozki
- Maria Timo
School of Education Facilities
3S-201
Early Childhood Education Classroom
3S-204
Science Education Laboratory
3S-210
Mathematics Education Laboratory
Department Contact
Deborah M. DeSimone
Chairperson and Associate Professor
Joanne Pignatano
CUNY Administrative Assistant & Secretary to the Chairpersons