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JCC & SUNY Potsdam Partnership Paves Pathway for
Aspiring Teachers
Published: September 29, 2022
at 02:00 p.m.
By: Press Release from Jefferson Community College
JCC & SUNY Potsdam
Partner to Offer Seamless Transfer in Early Childhood Education
(Birth-Grade 2) and
Childhood Education
(Birth-Grade 6) Degree Programs
Jefferson
Community College (JCC) and SUNY Potsdam have partnered once more to offer
jointly registered degree programs in Early Childhood Education,
Birth-Grade 2, and Childhood Education, Birth-Grade 6, allowing students
the opportunity to dual major and complete their associate and bachelor’s
degrees in four years, without interruption. The partnership comes in a
timely manner as New York State faces a teacher shortage.
The jointly
registered Early Childhood Education, Birth-Grade 2, A.A./B.A.
program is intended for students interested in teaching children
from early childhood to second grade.
The jointly
registered Childhood Education, Birth–Grade 6, A.A./B.A. program is
intended for students interested in teaching children in a daycare,
pre-kindergarten and/or elementary school setting. Graduates will be ready
to teach children from early childhood through sixth grade.
Benefits of the
jointly registered program include completing only one college application,
guaranteed acceptance into the programs, joint advisement, cross
registration of classes, opportunity to earn two college degrees in four
years, no need to travel to Potsdam as classes are held on JCC’s campus
through the Jefferson Higher Education Center (JHEC) and seamless transfer
without interruption.
“We at SUNY
Potsdam are proud to broaden our partnership with JCC through our creation
of this new jointly registered program, a program that will give greater
flexibility and increased opportunity to the next generation of educators
in the North Country,” said SUNY Potsdam Officer-in-Charge Dr. Philip T.
Neisser ’79.
Jefferson
Community College Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs Jerilyn E.
Fairman said, “Our partnership with SUNY Potsdam provides a formal plan of
study for students to complete two degrees in a relatively short amount of
time and more importantly, prepares students to fill the need for teachers
in the North Country.”
In addition to
the Early Childhood Education and Childhood Education jointly registered
program, JCC and SUNY Potsdam offer a jointly registered program in
Business Administration A.S./B.S. Furthermore, as of Fall 2019, SUNY
Potsdam conditionally guarantees admission to all JCC associate degree
graduates.
As a JHEC
partner, SUNY Potsdam offers graduate programs on JCC’s campus. Students
can choose from master’s degree programs in curriculum and instruction,
literacy specialization or literacy education. Students may then pursue a
Certificate of Advanced Study in inclusive and special education.
SUNY Potsdam’s
graduate programs are flexible with classes held on weeknights or weekends
to meet the needs of working professionals. Both full- and part-time
courses of study are available, and graduates of the jointly registered
A.A./B.A. programs could be eligible for automatic admittance.
To apply for
admission to JCC and SUNY Potsdam, visit www.sunyjefferson.edu/apply. There is no
admissions application fee. To learn more about SUNY Potsdam’s programs and
partnerships with JCC, visit www.potsdam.edu/academics/watertown.
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