Community Partnerships

The mission of the Office of School and Community Partnerships is to encourage and support our education professional candidates in their journey from participant observers to certified education professionals. Our goal is to work with our partner school districts to help each education professional candidate develop the skills, knowledge and dispositions
necessary to become a skilled professional dedicated to educating all students.

Curriculum and Instruction

Through our extensive partnerships with school districts in surrounding communities, Adelphi University offers teaching candidates a range of opportunities to hone their teaching skills, meet program requirements, or receive paid graduate internships.

Adelphi offers placements in over 20 school districts throughout the metropolitan area. All field experiences are carefully supervised to make sure that candidates develop and demonstrate the knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to help all students learn. Teacher candidates must have diverse fieldwork experiences, including at least one placement at a high-needs site within our existing partnerships.

Communication Sciences and Disorders

• Roosevelt Children’s Academy Charter School: Adelphi CSD Students provide screening, evaluation, and therapy services to children enrolled in this charter school

• Community Outreach Program: Students provide hearing screenings in various locations (e.g., libraries, preschools, community centers) in the surrounding communities

• HOPE for Stroke: A collaboration to provide speech-language therapy and support to stroke survivors and their families

For more information, please contact:

For more information, contact:

Dr. Bonnie Soman
Director, Hy Weinberg Center for Communication Sciences and Disorders
Hy Weinberg Center, Room 211A
p – 516-877-4845
e – soman@adelphi.edu

Health Studies, Physical Education, and Human Performance Science

• Obesity Clinic with Winthrop University Hospital — The department is currently working with Winthrop University Hospital on a joint medical consultation and activity program. Students in exercise science have an opportunity to participate in this program.

• Henry Viscardi School — Students in teaching have an opportunity to do fieldwork and are assigned children to work with at this specialized school for the physically disabled.

• Hempstead Schools: Make a Splash Program — Department faculty are working with Hempstead High School on a joint grant with the Red Cross, Hempstead Schools, and Adelphi. The intent is to prepare lifeguards and to implement the national TPSR skills (teaching for personal and social responsibility) through a swim program. Adelphi students have an opportunity to participate in the training program.

For more information, contact:

Joann Cosentino
Director, Office of School and Community Partnerships
Harvey Hall, Room 111
p – 516-877-4087
e – cosentino@adelphi.edu