Program duration

This is a two-year program and courses are scheduled on Sundays and/or Thursdays.

Graduating in one year

Students who comply with any of the following items can graduate in one year:

holder of a bachelor degree (excluding: teacher-artist track at Bezalel and special education teaching certificate). 

students in or after a graduate program (excluding: teacher-artist track at Bezalel and special education teaching certificate).

teachers in office (employed in a high school for at least two years in a 50% position) (this track welcomes students of the Bezalel program for teaching art and of the special education certificate, provided they are able to fit all the program’s courses in their class schedule.

expanding certification (holders of a teaching certificate who wish to extend it to an additional subject).

teacher researcher track.

To complete the program in one year, you will have to schedule classes at least twice a week, if fitting all the program’s courses in your class schedule is at all possible.

To complete your supervised fieldwork within one year you will have to choose one of the following options:

1. supervised fieldwork in the Academia-Classroom program working closely with a mentor teacher. This track is eligible for a NIS 2,200 Ministry of Education scholarship.
2. supervised fieldwork for two days a week throughout the academic school year and during the break following the first semester, for the supervised fieldwork courses and discipline workshop (total 12 credits) and the education workshops (12 credits) totaling 24 credits in the one year.
3. teachers in office track / expanding certification track / teacher researcher track.

Students starting their program in the second semester (including students in the track for teachers in office) must enroll for at least a year and a half. Students who plan to start in the second semester must take into account that they will not be able to participate in the multi-term courses required by this program.

Cornerstone courses

The teaching certificate program includes three courses that have been recognized as Cornerstone courses; two in social studies: Education and Society (34283) and Development and Maturation (34371), and one in the humanities: Philosophy of Education (34312). Students who take these courses as part of their Cornerstone requirements are exempt from taking them in their teaching certificate program and will not be required to take additional courses in their place.

Program structure

Studies in the Department of Teaching combine supervised teaching with courses in education, educational research literacy, pedagogy, and teaching methods.

Tuition

Tuition for the teaching program is equivalent to tuition for one year of a graduate degree. Payment for all tracks is for a two-year program, divided as follows: 50% in the first year and 50% in the second year. Also one-year tracks (teaching certificate in one year) are required to pay full tuition. Tuition for holders of a teaching certificate who are expanding their certification is 50% of annual graduate tuition. For additional information about tuition.

Please note

The Department of Teaching offers a curriculum that is compatible with the teacher training outlines established by the Council for Higher Education (Ariav Committee outline). 

All programs qualify students for a teaching certificate in one or in two subjects.

To receive your teaching certificate in any of the programs you must graduate in the degree in which you are enrolled.

The program structure in some of the tracks may vary.

To receive your teaching certificate you must grauate in the degree as appropriate for your program.

To be eligible for a teaching certificate you must pass all fieldwork courses (passing grade is 70).

Fieldwork continues through the year without a break between semesters.

To pass the fieldwork courses, you will be evaluated throughout the year and must be on a par with expectations of a beginning educator on the following:

• Professional identity: having developed over the course of your traininga personal educational philosophy and an awareness of social, ethical, and moral dilemmas in education.
• Participation: Regular attendance, active participation and contribution, timeliness, completing assignments.
• Function as teacher of the discipline: minimum required proficiency in the discipline, required pedagogical-didactic knowledge (integrate thinking skills, diverse teaching methods, class preparation, constructing exams and handouts, etc.)
• Interaction with students: class management skills, positive communication with students, inclusion, differential and individualized approach, handling discipline.
• Team work: ability to collaborate with colleagues, understanding educational system needs, and working with school requirements.
• Learning: ability to provide and receive feedback, reflective skills.
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• Teaching internship

• In Israel, all teachers must hold three certificates: bachelor degree, teaching certificate, and teaching license. All holders of an academic degree and teaching certificate are required to complete a one-year internship in teaching. The internship is your first year of employment as a teacher where you receive regular market terms including a salary. You must also participate in an internship workshop. Once you pass your year of internship, the Ministry of Education will grant you a teaching license. Your teaching internship is under Ministry of Education jurisdiction, and it is the Ministry of Education that decides on it components and terms. An internship workshop is offered by the department of professional development at the School of Education.https://education.huji.ac.il/applicants_teacher_training_stage
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