An agreement between Siena College and Sage Graduate School affords Siena graduates who have completed our secondary certification program automatic acceptance to a Masters Degree program in Elementary Education, Health Education, Guidance and Counseling, Reading, Special Education, and Reading/Special Education. Siena students who do not enter our secondary certification program can still receive automatic acceptance in the programs listed by completing an acceptable series of courses at Siena with a recommendation from Siena Education department faculty.

Advantages of this collaborative agreement include:

• Automatic acceptance in the programs listed above for students completing an acceptable series of courses at Siena with a recommendation from Siena faculty;
• Waiver of the application fee;
• Early acceptance;
• Graduate advisor beginning in the senior year;
• Advisement to coordinate undergraduate electives and coursework to reduce or eliminate prerequisites in the graduate program;
• Automatic acceptance, with completed application, into the one-year, paid internship program;
• Opportunity to apply early for Graduate Assistantships in Sage Graduate School;
• Free state-mandated Identification and Reporting of Child Abuse Workshop ($10 materials fee) for students who are granted early acceptance into Sage Graduate School who have not already completed it;
• Access to non-credit courses in American Sign Language;
• Assistance in obtaining certification in New York and all other states.
  

For further information and application form, please contact:

Dr. Robin Voetterl
Education Department
Siena College
515 Loudon Rd.
Loudonville, NY 12211