Programs

If you want to be a teacher, you've come to the right place.

For more than 150 years, Buffalo State has dedicated its research, scholarship, and community service toward educating the kind of teachers that students remember their whole lives.

The Elementary Education, Literacy, and Educational Leadership (EELEL) department prepares graduates to teach in elementary schools through a broad-based content education, in-depth study of a given discipline, and a professional sequence of courses on how to teach (pedagogy).

Early Childhood (Birth-Grade 2)

Childhood Education (Elementary 1-6)

Literacy

Curriculum and Instruction

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Educational Leadership

Concentrations

All Elementary Education, Literacy, and Educational Leadership Majors must complete a 30-hour concentration in an academic area.

Choose Your Concentration

Accelerated 4+1 Pathways

Get a head start in the completion of your graduate studies by taking graduate-level courses during your senior year—earn a bachelor's degree and a master’s degree in just five years.

Learn About 4+1 Pathways

Assessment & Roadmaps

Assessment Plans & Curriculum Maps

Early Childhood/Childhood Education, B.S. (PDF 85KB) Childhood Education Initial (MIITC), M.S. (PDF 85KB) Educational Leadership, C.A.S. (PDF 181KB) Literacy, M.S. (PDF 182KB)

Academic Roadmaps

Childhood Education (CED) Early Childhood Education (ECE) Early Childhood and Childhood Education (ECC)

Clinical/Field Component

All teacher education programs include a clinical/field component. If you have been convicted of a felony, your criminal history record may impede your ability to complete this program and/or become a NYS certified teacher. Please review Buffalo State's Admission of Persons with Prior Felony Convictions Policy.