Scholarship Program

Area of Study:	SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY OR BILINGUAL SPEECH LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY
Semester of Entry:	Fall 2010
Application Deadline:	Friday, May 14, 2010
Languages:	Spanish (other languages as determined by the needs of the NYC Department of Education).
Level of Study:	MASTER'S DEGREE
Program of Study:	A State-approved Speech Language Pathology program at a college/university listed below:

 

COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY	CONTACT PERSON	TELEPHONE NO.	EMAIL ADDRESS
*Adelphi University - Manhattan; Garden  City and St. Joseph's College	Dr. Fran Redstone	(516) 877-4776	redstone@adelphi.edu
CUNY Brooklyn College	Gail Gurland, Ph.D.	(718) 951-5186	ggurland@brooklyn.cuny.edu
CUNY Hunter College	Paul Cascella, Ph.D.	(212) 481-3273	paul.cascella@hunter.cuny.edu
CUNY Lehman College	Dr. Deena Bernstein	(718) 960-8675	Deena.bernstein@lehman.cuny.edu
Hofstra University	Dr. Carole T. Ferrand	(516) 463-5508	Carole.T.Ferrand@hofstra.edu
Long Island University - Brooklyn	Dr. Nelson Moses	(718) 780-4122	nmoses@liu.edu
Long Island University -C. W. Post	Dr. Dianne Slavin	(516) 299-2436	dslavin@liu.edu
Mercy College	Dr. Helen Buhler	(914) 674-7743	hbuhler@mercy.edu
New York Medical College School of Public Health	Dr. Ben C. Watson	(914) 594-4239	watson@nymc.edu
New York University	Dr. Celia Stewart	(212) 998-5262	cs8@nyu.edu
SUNY Buffalo	Joan E. Sussman, Ph.D.	(716) 829-5551	jsussman@buffalo.edu
*Teachers College, Columbia University	Dr. John H. Saxman	(212) 678-3895	saxman@tc.columbia.edu
Touro College	Hindy Lubinsky	(718) 787-1602 ext 203	hindyl@touro.edu

 Note:  Programs denoted with an asterisk (*) offer monolingual and bilingual speech language pathology.

  ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

• Possession of a Bachelor's Degree.
• Cumulative undergraduate G.P.A. of at least 3.0.
• U.S. Citizenship or Permanent Residency status.
• If you have applied to a graduate school and your acceptance is pending, please submit a written statement to that effect. If you have been accepted as a matriculated graduate student into an approved participating Speech Language Pathology program, proof of unconditional acceptance is required. The Scholarship Program does NOT pay for prerequisite credits.
• Proficiency in English and a language other than English. Languages other than English as determined by the NYC Department of Education.
• Eligible applicants will be required to complete a written assessment in English and/other target language at the interview site.
• A non-refundable application fee of $30.00 in the form of a Money Order made payable to the New York City Department of Education.

RESTRICTIONS

• Current pedagogical or clinical employees of the NYC Department of Education are not eligible to participate in the Scholarship Program.
• Applicants who have already achieved NYS or reciprocal state certification are not eligible to apply.
• If you have completed a master's degree program in education you are not eligible to apply to the scholarship program.

AWARD

The NYC Department of Education will reimburse the college for the full cost of tuition through completion of the Master's Degree. Prerequisite coursework, other fees and expenses are NOT covered, and are the responsibility of the student.

TESTING REQUIREMENTS

• In order to meet New York State teaching certification requirements, participants are required to take and pass the Liberal Arts and Sciences Test (LAST) and the Assessments of Teaching Skills- Written (ATS-W) during the first semester of the scholarship program.
• Bilingual participants are required to take and pass the Bilingual Education Assessment (BEA) examination during the first semester of the scholarship program.

 

CONTRACTUAL AGREEMENT

Scholarship Program entrants must sign a contract with the NYC Department of Education. In accepting the award, they accept the provisions of the contract, which include, but are not limited to, the following terms and conditions:

• Awardees must meet the standards of the college they attend and remain in good standing in their program.
• Awardees must not have benefited from or participated in any other incentive programs administered by the Department of Education (i.e., Career Training, NYC Teaching Fellows, etc.).
• Scholarship recipients must complete a minimum of 18 credits per year with a grade of C or better in each course.
• Participants shall serve as New York State certified monolingual or bilingual Teachers of Students with Speech Language Disabilities two (2) years for every year the Scholarship is awarded or any part thereof. Example: The Scholarship is awarded for one and a half years; the participant will owe four (4) years of service.
• Program participants are required to obtain New York State Certification as a Teacher of Students with Speech Language Disabilities (TSSLD) and if applying for the Bilingual program a bilingual extension (other than elementary) must be obtained. Please consult your advisor.

Implementation of the Scholarship Program is contingent upon the availability of resources and the staffing needs of the NYC Department of Education.

If you require further information, please call the Office of Scholarship and Incentive Programs at (718) 935-2449. We look forward to receiving your application. To apply click here.

 

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