Online Teaching Assistant Certificate
This program is designed to prepare students to work as Teaching Assistants and to provide them with a core of college-level courses that may be applied to a transfer degree. Graduates are prepared to accept positions as Teaching Assistants. This program fulfills the college credit hour requirement for a New York State Level III Teaching Assistant Certificate. Daily tasks of the teaching assistant include:
- Assisting the teacher with large group instruction
- Working with students in small groups
- Providing one-on-one guidance to students
- Scoring tests, quizzes and homework assignments
- Providing clerical assistance to the teacher
Teaching Assistant Certificate Career Opportunities
Graduates find employment in elementary or secondary schools. Others may opt to continue their studies by pursuing a degree in Liberal Arts: Childhood Education, Liberal Arts: General Studies, Liberal Arts: Humanities or Liberal Arts: Social Science. Upon completion of the A.A. degree, students may transfer to SUC at Cortland, SUC at Oswego and a variety of other four-year institutions which feature educational programs.
Download the Teaching Assistant Certificate program page, as published in the 2011-2013 College Catalog
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Program Name: Teacher Assistant
OPEID: 004788
CIP Code: 13.1501
Occupation(s): Teacher Assistants
O*Net Link to occupational profiles: http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/25-9041.00
Program costs for New York State residents
Tuition & Fees: $ 4140
Books & Supplies: $ 1200
Room & Board: $ 8600
Graduation Rates
Number of graduates: 14
Number of on-time graduates: 6
Job placement rate: TBD
Median loan debt of graduates
Federal loans: $ 0
Private loans: $ 0
HCCC Finance plans: $ 0