Master's Degree Partnership Programs

The Education and Learning Trust has partnered with the institutions listed below to provide teachers access to quality graduate programs at reasonable costs. These partnerships allow ELT to offer courses that feed into state-approved graduate programs in education and the liberal arts and sciences. Teachers may use these programs to fulfill state requirements for teacher certification.

• D'Youville College New
• Excelsior College
• Mercy College
• Stony Brook University New
• Touro College

Course and Registration Information

Register for courses online 24 hours a day, 7 days a week; register by phone at 800 528-6208 during phone-in registration periods; fax an ELT registration form to 518 213-6456; mail an ELT registration form to the address listed on the form.

Textbook Policy *

Textbooks and course materials are not included in the tuition. Information regarding which course text is required can be found on the ETP course Information screen in the Registration section of this website. For texts distributed by NYSUT-ELT, the fee is $75 and is to be paid at registration.

All students must have the required text(s) at the first class meeting.

* BOOK RETURNS: Please note that books that have been written in cannot be returned to book vendors for refunds.

Registration form 19K PDF

Course Cancellation/ Refund Policy

All paid tuition is 100% refundable if a course is cancelled by the Trust.

Paid tuition, less the $50 registration fee, is refundable with written withdrawal (subject to date request is received by the Trust).

Participants have until the end of the first class to withdraw. Written withdrawals must be faxed to 518-213-6456 or e-mailed to eltmail@nysutmail.org.