--- title: "Our Faculty: William Cortezia, Ph.D Education Department" description: Meet our chair of the Early Childhood, Elementary, and Middle School Education programs, Dr. William Cortezia and register for our middle school webinar. image: https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hubfs/GCE/W.Cortezia.jpg --- [![Fitchburg State](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hubfs/FitchburgStateUniversity/logo.png)](http://www.fitchburgstate.edu/) ![sgoce-blog-logo-1](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/sgoce-blog-logo-1.png?width=266&height=113&name=sgoce-blog-logo-1.png) ## [Our Faculty: William Cortezia, Ph.D Education Department](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/gce/our-faculty-william-cortezia) Posted by [Kimberly McCoy-Blauser](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/gce/author/kimberly-mccoy-blauser) on April 13, 2017 at 9:43 AM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) *Are you interested in Fitchburg State's *[*Education **programs*](http://www.fitchburgstate.edu/academics/graduate-online-continuing-education/education/)*? As part of *[*the GCE Blog'**s "Our Faculty" series*](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/gce/topic/our-faculty)*, we introduce Dr. William Cortezia, Chair of the Middle School Education program.**** *** **![W.Cortezia.jpg](https://blog.fitchburgstate.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/GCE/W.Cortezia.jpg?width=220&name=W.Cortezia.jpg "W.Cortezia.jpg")What is your educational background?** I completed my bachelor of science in Political Science with a minor in Sociology from Barry University, Miami Shores, FL. I also have a master of arts in Sociology from Central Michigan University, MI, and I received my doctoral degree in Education in Curriculum and Instruction from Barry University, Miami Shores, FL, with a concentration in Middle School Research.   **What attracted you to teach at Fitchburg State? Why are you here?** I was attracted to Fitchburg State because it was originally a teaching college. **In 100 words or less, describe your program and the benefits to a student.** At Fitchburg State, our candidates not only receive a degree, but are also endorsed for initial licensure, making them more desirable to hiring principals than others still needing to be endorsed for licensure after graduation. **What career opportunities are available to students who complete your program? What are the benefits of being a middle school teacher?** Our candidates have the opportunity to work with molding the minds, both academically and socially, of pre-adolescents who are in grades 5-8. The biggest benefit of being a middle school teacher is that we tend to get the pre-adolescents who are in their developing age, both socially and academically. They are in the in-between stages of social development, beginning to form their identity, morals and values. We are the ones who get to work with and assist them into becoming student-citizens. **Is there any advice that you normally provide to prospective students?** We have the benefit of working in one of the most noble of professions.  Learn new things, reinvent yourself. Love and be proud of what you will do and accomplish. ***Do you want to learn more about our Middle School program? 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