New Pathways to Teaching in New Jersey (NPTNJ) - Secondary Education

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Get started on your New Pathways to Teaching in New Jersey (NPTNJ) - Secondary Education application here:

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Application Deadlines*:

Domestic Applicants:
TERMDEADLINE
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Fall Rolling

*Deadlines are subject to change. Deadline extensions may be granted on a case by case. Please contact Graduate Admissions for more information gradadmissions@njcu.edu 

Admissions Requirements

  1. A completed graduate application form, including a $55 non-refundable application fee
  2. A 250-500 word essay discussing why you want to be a teacher, why you choose education as your profession, and why you for pursuing admission to the program to which you are applying
  3. Official transcripts from all previous U.S. colleges attended or official NACES course-by-course evaluation of any foreign transcripts. Applicants must have a cumulative 3.0 GPA or higher from a bachelor's or master's degree program. 
  4. A copy of a regular New Jersey instructional Certificate of Eligibility (temporary/limited CE not acceptable) (a list of your certifications can be downloaded on NJDOE website)
  5. Minimum GPA of a 3.0 or higher (even if you already hold a state issued CE)
  6. A letter from the hiring manager or administrator on letterhead from your school or school district indicating that the school or school district will enroll you in the provisional teacher program and verifies that you are a fulltime lead teacher of record.
  7. 50 hour Introduction to Teaching course verification form. NJCU offers this course through the the Office of Professional and Lifelong Learning (PELL) department. You can REGISTER HERE for the course through NJCU. 

*Accepted endorsements for the NPTNJ program at NJCU:

Endorsement

Code

 

Agriculture2501
Arabic1580
Art1200
Biological Science2210
Business: Accounting1301
Business: Comprehensive Business1300
Business: Computer Applications and Business-Related Information Technology1304
Business: Finance/Economics/Law1302
Business: Keyboarding and Data1303
Business: Office Administration/Office Systems Technology1305
Chemistry2270
Chinese1572
Dance1635
Earth Science2220
English1410
Family and Consumer Sciences1705
Family and Consumer Sciences: Apparel, Textiles, and Interiors1708
Family and Consumer Sciences: Child and Family Development1706
Family and Consumer Sciences: Foods/Nutrition and Food Science1707
French1510
German1520
Greek1570
Health and Physical Education1605
Health Education1620
Hebrew1578
Italian1530
Japanese1573
Korean1579

Latin

 

1540
Marketing2560
Mathematics1900
Middle School with Subject matter Specialization: Language Arts/Literacy Specialization in Grades 5-81106
Middle School with Subject matter Specialization: Mathematics in Grades 5-81102
Middle School with Subject matter Specialization: Science in Grades 5-81103
Middle School with Subject matter Specialization: Social Studies in Grades 5-81104
Middle School with Subject matter Specialization: World Language/American Sign Language in Grades 5-81105
Middle School with Subject matter Specialization: World Language/Arabic in Grades 5-81181
Middle School with Subject matter Specialization: World Language/Chinese in Grades 5-81172
Middle School with Subject matter Specialization: World Language/French in Grades 5-81110
Middle School with Subject matter Specialization: World Language/German in Grades 5-81125
Middle School with Subject matter Specialization: World Language/Greek in Grades 5-81170
Middle School with Subject matter Specialization: World Language/Hebrew in Grades 5-81178
Middle School with Subject matter Specialization: World Language/Italian in Grades 5-81130
Middle School with Subject matter Specialization: World Language/Japanese in Grades 5-81173
Middle School with Subject matter Specialization: World Language/Korean in Grades 5-81179
Middle School with Subject matter Specialization: World Language/Latin in Grades 5-81145
Middle School with Subject matter Specialization: World Language/Other World Languages in Grades 5-81191
Middle School with Subject matter Specialization: World Language/Polish in Grades 5-81176
Middle School with Subject matter Specialization: World Language/Portuguese in Grades 5-81174
Middle School with Subject matter Specialization: World Language/Russian in Grades 5-81165
Middle School with Subject matter Specialization: World Language/Spanish in Grades 5-81150
Music2100
Physical Education1630
Physical Science2240
Physics2260
Portuguese1574
Psychology2350
Reading1430
Russian1560
Sign Language1505
Social Studies2300
Spanish1550
Speech Arts and Dramatics1440
Teacher of Supplemental Instruction in Reading and Mathematics, Grades 1-81005
Technology Education1810
Theater1451

Please find helpful New Pathways to Teaching in New Jersey links below:

Contact the NPTNJ department directly:

Chrystal Mateo
Academic Director
Email: cmateo1@njcu.edu
Alternate email: newpathways@njcu.edu
Tel: 201-200-2018


Note: NJCU does not evaluate international transcripts. In lieu of a transcript, applicants with a non-U.S. degree need to submit a course-by-course evaluation from a NACES Accredited Member that includes U.S. bachelor’s degree equivalency information for their coursework. Requirements listed above are subject to change at any time based on NJ Dept of Education updates

International Applicants:

This program is not currently available to international students seeking an F-1 student visa.

Contact Us

We encourage you to contact graduate admissions with questions about your application status. Please contact us below: 

Hepburn Hall, Room 206
Phone: 201-200-3409
Email: gradadmissions@njcu.edu

 

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