Students who have work, travel, or child care responsibilities that prohibit them from attending classes during the weekday will benefit from the entirely weekend format. However, student teaching must still be undertaken full-time during the week, once all other requirements have been completed. The program is designed for people with degrees who only need to fulfill certification requirements, as no degree-completion programs are available on the weekend. However, if a student is able to take both weekend and weekday classes, he or she is permitted to do so and may accelerate the rate of completion of the program. The student's academic advisor can counsel him or her as to the options of each format, and of combining the two if desired.
Student teaching is an additional semester.
The Teacher Certification Program at Fisher is a wonderful program with a supportive and caring staff and faculty. When I was laid off with nine years experience and seven patents in Medical Biology, I looked for a new future in teaching. The advisors at St. John Fisher College helped me to tailor a program to my education and experience and showed me how, by combining weekend and weekday classes, I could complete the program in one year. The courses were relevant, highly informative, and very practical.