Psychology and Education at Mount Holyoke

Teacher Licensure Programs

The teacher licensure programs at Mount Holyoke enable students to apply for a Massachusetts (and NASDTEC) "initial" license in the following areas:

Early childhood education [Pre K-2]
Elementary education [1-6]
Teacher of middle school [5-8] in history, biology, earth science, political science/political philosophy and mathematics
Teacher of secondary school [8-12] in English, history, biology, earth science, political science/political philosophy, and mathematics
Teacher of visual art [Pre K-8], [5-12]
Teacher of foreign language [5-12] in Spanish, French, German, Italian, Russian, Latin and classical humanities
Teacher of music [all levels]
Teacher of dance [PreK-12] (subject to approval by the Massachusetts Department of Education in 2009.)