Preparing for New York State Certification Exams

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In this course, Relay students will prepare to take the Educating All Students Exam (201) and multi-subject exams for their licensure area (Multi-Subject: Teachers of Early Childhood, Birth-Grade 2; Multi-Subject: Teachers of Childhood, Grade 1-Grade 6; and Multi-Subject: Teachers of Middle Childhood, Grade 5-Grade 9). They will use self-reflection, intentional goal-setting and planning, and engagement with central concepts in order to build their content and pedagogical knowledge and their ability to implement test-wise practices. With their instructor and peers, they will review exam framework(s), explore resources, and analyze 64 practice test items aligned to the content categories or competencies assessed on the exam(s). They will prepare in their area of licensure by setting themselves up for success on certification exams.