New Pathways to Teaching in New Jersey (NPTNJ) - Secondary Education
Application Deadlines:
TERM | DEADLINE |
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Spring | Rolling |
Fall | Rolling |
*Deadlines are subject to change. Deadline extensions may be granted on a case by case. Please contact Graduate Admissions for more information gradadmissions@njcu.edu
New Pathways to Teaching in New Jersey (NPTNJ) - Secondary Education
Admissions Requirements:
- A completed graduate application form, including a $55 non-refundable application fee
- Official transcripts from all previous U.S. colleges attended or official course-by-course evaluation of any foreign transcripts. Applicants must have a cumulative 3.0 GPA or higher from a bachelor's or master's degree program.
- A copy of a regular New Jersey instructional Certificate of Eligibility (temporary/limited CE not acceptable) (a list of your certifications can be downloaded on )
- Minimum GPA of a 3.0 or higher (even if you already hold a state issued CE)
- A letter from the hiring manager or administrator on letterhead from your school or school district indicating that the school or school district will enroll you in the provisional teacher program and verifies that you are a fulltime lead teacher of record.
- 50 hour Introduction to Teaching course verification form. NJCU offers this course through the the Office of Professional and Lifelong Learning (PELL) department. You can for the course through NJCU.
*Accepted endorsements for the NPTNJ program at NJCU:
Endorsement | Code
|
Agriculture | 2501 |
Arabic | 1580 |
Art | 1200 |
Biological Science | 2210 |
Business: Accounting | 1301 |
Business: Comprehensive Business | 1300 |
Business: Computer Applications and Business-Related Information Technology | 1304 |
Business: Finance/Economics/Law | 1302 |
Business: Keyboarding and Data | 1303 |
Business: Office Administration/Office Systems Technology | 1305 |
Chemistry and Biochemistry | 2270 |
Chinese | 1572 |
Dance | 1635 |
Earth Science | 2220 |
English | 1410 |
Family and Consumer Sciences | 1705 |
Family and Consumer Sciences: Apparel, Textiles, and Interiors | 1708 |
Family and Consumer Sciences: Child and Family Development | 1706 |
Family and Consumer Sciences: Foods/Nutrition and Food Science | 1707 |
French | 1510 |
German | 1520 |
Greek | 1570 |
Health and Physical Education | 1605 |
Health Education | 1620 |
Hebrew | 1578 |
Italian | 1530 |
Japanese | 1573 |
Korean | 1579 |
Latin | 1540 |
Marketing | 2560 |
Mathematics | 1900 |
Middle School with Subject matter Specialization: Language Arts/Literacy Specialization in Grades 5-8 | 1106 |
Middle School with Subject matter Specialization: Mathematics in Grades 5-8 | 1102 |
Middle School with Subject matter Specialization: Science in Grades 5-8 | 1103 |
Middle School with Subject matter Specialization: Social Studies in Grades 5-8 | 1104 |
Middle School with Subject matter Specialization: World Language/American Sign Language in Grades 5-8 | 1105 |
Middle School with Subject matter Specialization: World Language/Arabic in Grades 5-8 | 1181 |
Middle School with Subject matter Specialization: World Language/Chinese in Grades 5-8 | 1172 |
Middle School with Subject matter Specialization: World Language/French in Grades 5-8 | 1110 |
Middle School with Subject matter Specialization: World Language/German in Grades 5-8 | 1125 |
Middle School with Subject matter Specialization: World Language/Greek in Grades 5-8 | 1170 |
Middle School with Subject matter Specialization: World Language/Hebrew in Grades 5-8 | 1178 |
Middle School with Subject matter Specialization: World Language/Italian in Grades 5-8 | 1130 |
Middle School with Subject matter Specialization: World Language/Japanese in Grades 5-8 | 1173 |
Middle School with Subject matter Specialization: World Language/Korean in Grades 5-8 | 1179 |
Middle School with Subject matter Specialization: World Language/Latin in Grades 5-8 | 1145 |
Middle School with Subject matter Specialization: World Language/Other World Languages in Grades 5-8 | 1191 |
Middle School with Subject matter Specialization: World Language/Polish in Grades 5-8 | 1176 |
Middle School with Subject matter Specialization: World Language/Portuguese in Grades 5-8 | 1174 |
Middle School with Subject matter Specialization: World Language/Russian in Grades 5-8 | 1165 |
Middle School with Subject matter Specialization: World Language/Spanish in Grades 5-8 | 1150 |
Music | 2100 |
Physical Education | 1630 |
Physical Science | 2240 |
Physics | 2260 |
Portuguese | 1574 |
Psychology | 2350 |
Reading | 1430 |
Russian | 1560 |
Sign Language | 1505 |
Social Studies | 2300 |
Spanish | 1550 |
Speech Arts and Dramatics | 1440 |
Teacher of Supplemental Instruction in Reading and Mathematics, Grades 1-8 | 1005 |
Technology Education | 1810 |
Theater | 1451 |
Please find helpful New Pathways to Teaching in New Jersey links below:
Contact the NPTNJ department directly:
Academic Director
Tel: 201-200-2018
Note: NJCU does not evaluate international transcripts. In lieu of a transcript, applicants with a non-U.S. degree need to submit a course-by-course evaluation from a that includes U.S. bachelor鈥檚 degree equivalency information for their coursework. Requirements listed above are subject to change at any time based on NJ Dept of Education updates
International Applicants:
This program is not currently available to international students seeking an F-1 student visa.
Contact Us
We encourage you to contact graduate admissions with questions about your application status. Please contact us below:
Hepburn Hall, Room 206
Phone: 201-200-3409
Email: gradadmissions@njcu.edu