Department of Teaching and Learning

Math Education

Job Outlook

Our faculty has extensive contacts in the field that lead to information about job openings, and our graduates continually call for recommendations to fill vacancies. Student teaching placements often lead to full-time employment after graduation.

Career Opportunities

Prospects for mathematics teachers in the secondary schools are excellent in the next decade as the demand grows for increased student proficiency in mathematics. Retirement patterns also promise that the demand for mathematics teachers will be even stronger later in the decade.

The Program in Teaching Mathematics prepares you for teaching mathematics to students in grades 7 through 12. To qualify for provisional or initial certification in New York and most other states, you take the New York State Teacher Certification Examinations after graduation. While teaching, many of our graduates pursue a master's degree that enables them to become mathematics specialists in a school district, managers of mathematics programs, and assistant principals in charge of mathematics curriculum.

Examples of mathematics teaching positions in New York obtained by our graduates include the following:

Other graduates have put their mathematics and teaching skills to use in business, industry, science, and government agencies.