Chairperson
Professor Anne Ediger
695 Park Avenue, W1023
New York, N.Y. 10065
Telephone: (212) 772-4686

Administrative Assistant
Genevieve Joseph

Assistant to the Department Chair
Jade Young

College Assistant
Angela Calvo

Welcome to the Department of Curriculum and Teaching at Hunter College, the home of a wide variety of graduate and undergraduate programs that will prepare you for one of the highest callings in society: education. Along with the other departments in the School of Education, we carry on the original mission of Hunter College: the preparation of educators of the future!

As part of the largest department in the Hunter College School of Education, Curriculum & Teaching programs prepare teachers and other school personnel in the areas of Childhood Education (elementary), Adolescence Education (secondary), Early Childhood Education, Literacy, Bilingual Education, Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL--K-12 and Adult), and Administration & Supervision. Graduates of these programs are in high demand, ready to hit the ground running in New York City and elsewhere, not only because many of them are themselves from urban, multicultural backgrounds, but because of their solid foundations in educational theory and hands-on training in urban schools, and because of our faculty members’ commitment to quality education in urban public schools.

The Department of Curriculum and Teaching houses the majority of the programs and courses in the Hunter College School of Education, working closely with departments in the School of Arts & Sciences to train teachers in content area knowledge, and in the methods of teaching such subject areas as English/Language Arts, Social Studies, Foreign Languages, Music, ESL, Bilingual Education, Math, and Science. Its programs ask future teachers and administrators to be thoughtful and knowledgeable educators, advocates for children and other learners, active promoters of social justice, knowledgeable resources, and effective future leaders in education.

The department also offers a variety of special programs, including Teaching Opportunity Programs (TOP) in Math, Science, and Spanish as a foreign language, Teaching Fellows programs, and specialized Centers for Math Education, School Leadership, and Multiple Literacies & Teacher Inquiry. Its students and faculty provide after-school and Saturday programs in literacy tutoring, ESL and Parent Literacy, among others.

We invite you to come and be a part of a stimulating teacher preparation program!