2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
    Dec 04, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Licensure in Special Education, Initial A-Level License


Program Requirements

Baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university. Must meet initial licensure requirements in consultation with a Special Education advisor and the Office of Teacher Education. Must meet admission requirements for irregular route programs.

Professional Core: 18 Credits


SPED 480 is waived for current lateral entry teachers. READ 315, ELEM 455, EDMG 433, SPED 410 require admission to Teacher Education.

Specialty Area Core: 21 Credits


SPED 470 (6 s.h.), traditional student teaching, is required of students who are non-licensed and not currently lateral entry; students must be admitted to Student Teaching according to the schedule and guidelines available through the Teacher Education Office. SPED 470 (3 s.h.) is required of lateral entry students.

  • SPED 410 - Classroom Management Strategies for Exceptional Children
  • SPED 460 - Diagnosis and Evaluation of Exceptional Children
  • SPED 465 - Meeting the Instructional Needs of Students with Disabilities
  • SPED 515 - Teach Reading to Students with Disabilities
     
  • SPED 518 - Teach Mathematics and Writing to Student with Disabilities
    or
  • SPED 418 - Math/Write Skill-Student Disab
     
  • SPED 470 - Clinical Experience in Exceptional Education

PRAXIS/ NCEL Requirement


See PRAXIS/NCEL Requirements on Department of Middle Grades, Secondary, and Specialized Subject Catalog Page

Total Credit Hours: 39