To speak with an academic advisor online or in-person, please provide your upcoming availability and meeting preference (in-person or Zoom) in the box below

Our bachelors, masters and licensure programs help to put you on the path to leading in the classroom.

Just Starting an Undergrad Program?

Starting out on your college journey? Explore our 4+1 combined bachelors and master's degree programs to become an early education (pre-K-2nd grade), elementary, middle or high school teacher.

Transfer Students

If you've earned college credits in the past, our advising program will help you find the right path to finish your education degree.

Graduate Students

Have you graduated from college and want an initial license or add-on license? If you've completed your bachelor's degree and you want to become a teacher, our master's and licensure programs will help you achieve your career goals.

If you're already a teacher and looking to develop your career, but you don't need an additional license, explore our graduate certificates and advanced studies master's degree programs.

At Salem State, we offer the opportunity to seek a full degree leading towards an official administrator license as well as a one-year teacher leader certificate. Explore both of these options.

Our school counseling and school adjustment counseling programs will give you the skills you need for a career as a public school counselor.

We offer  two undergraduate degrees for students looking to work with children outside of the public K-12 system, including private child cares and preschools, camps, museums and community programs.

In addition, our educational studies minor is available to undergraduate students from any major who is interested in education but not pursuing a teaching license.

Discover our early childhood and community education programs.

Our master's degree in Higher Education in Student Affairs is designed for people who plan to pursue a career working in a college or university setting in the area of student affairs, a profession focused on promoting college student success and learning outside of the classroom. 

Whenever possible, instead of submitting requests on students' behalf, please direct students to the McKeown Portal to make their own requests for:

• Course registration/permissions
• Course substitutions
• Programmatic Assessments (registrations, waivers, and grade change updates)
• Field placement concerns
• Licensure
• MTEL

If you wish to submit something to the ITK Weekly Newsletter, please visit the ITK Submission Page.

Please describe the details of the request for staff to follow up on. For example:

To Book/Reserve a Classroom or Space, indicate the day, time, location, and number of persons the request needs to accommodate. Additionally, if there are any preferences, please indicate those as well.

Please use the Faculty Time Sheet Update Form to submit a time update.

If this is an academic concern, please issue an alert/case on Navigate. A Salem State staff member will reach out to the student.

For concerns about a student's progress in an Education program or field placement, please submit a Case Report form and the case will be discussed at the next Student Case Review Team (SCR) meeting to potentially design an intervention to support the student.

If you are concerned about a student's health or wellbeing (e.g., mental/physical health, housing/food insecurity, safety concerns), please submit a Care and Concern referral and a Case Worker from the SSU Care and Concern Team will reach out to the student.

Before submitting this request, please refer to the CAP Quick Gude document in the Supervisor's Canvas site or DESE's FAQ page. It provides solutions to common problems. If you cannot find an answer, please submit a request below.

Please submit information about the course for which you are looking to register. If you have questions about course registration, please let us know at the bottom of the form and we will be in touch with you shortly.

Please submit information about the course(s) for which you would like permission posted.

Permissions can only be granted for courses with space available. Students cannot be added to full classes.

If you are in an initial license program and you want to add on a second license in Special Education, please select this option.

This portal is for undergraduate students who wish to substitute a course in the Salem State curriculum with another Salem State course due to previously demonstrated proficiency in the subject area.

Graduate students should submit a Course Substitution Form. (Right click to open in a new window)

If you have more questions about course substitutions, please let us know below.

Undergraduate students can log onto Navigator to change their major/minor/concentration. Please see detailed instructions on this page.

Graduate students who wish to change from one academic program to another academic program must formally both withdraw from their current program and apply to the new program.

If you have additional questions about program changes, please let us know below.

Please contact your Lead Faculty or Graduate Program Coordinator to update your Plan of Study.

Please see this page for information related to the Practicum Fellowship Program. For any questions, please let us know below or contact Dr. Megan Murphy (mmurphy4@salemstate.edu).

Please visit this page for more information about Salem State Scholarships.

Note: When they ask for a reason you should be awarded a scholarship, they are looking for a well thought out and well written 2-3 paragraph answer. Please write carefully to increase your chances of being awarded a scholarship.

If you are currently working in the field of early education and care, please also look into the early education and care scholarship.

Students seeking assistance in setting up a field-based assignment and/or internship should use this form.

Students seeking to request approval to formally change their pre-practicum or practicum field placement need to submit to this form.

Before submitting this request, please go to the FAQ area on your Canvas homepage or DESE'S FAQ Page for solutions to common problems. If you cannot find an answer, please submit a request below.

To assist with licensure and endorsement inquiries, please include your MEPID number in the description box below. You can find your MEPID above your name on your ELAR account.

If your workplace is requiring your SEI endorsement prior to your initial license, please post your MEPID below AND attach documentation from your principal or HR office to confirm the requirement.

If you are not completing an initial license program here, but you have completed EDU307E, GNE800, or EDS860, please indicate which course and include your MEPID below.

In the box below, please indicate if you prefer to meet in Sullivan 304 or Zoom. Please also include available days and times.

Your advisor information can be found on Navigate. If you have not been assigned an advisor or have not been able to reach your advisor, please let us know what you need below and we will do our best to assist.

Please refer to our MTEL information page for questions related to the MTEL. If you cannot find what you are looking for, please let us know at the bottom of this form.