Please note that the required prerequisites and fieldwork component for the credential are completed outside of the degree program.
prerequisites (11 credits) |
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Education Field Experience |
3 |
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Student Health and Safety |
2 |
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Educational Application of Computers I |
3 |
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Adolescence |
3 |
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core courses (21 credits) |
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Literacy and Language in K-8 Classrooms I |
3 |
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Introduction to Teaching |
3 |
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Collaboration for Inclusive Schooling |
3 |
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The Art and Craft of Teaching |
3 |
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Assessment and IEP Development |
3 |
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Positive Behavioral Supports |
3 |
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Communication, Language, and Literacy |
3 |
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emphasis course (3-6 credits) |
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Strategies for Teaching People with Mild/Moderate Disabilities |
3 |
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and/or |
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Strategies for Teaching People with Moderate/Severe Disabilities
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3 |
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single subject courses (15 credits) |
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Theories, Methods and Materials for Teaching English Language Learners |
3 |
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Secondary Instructional Strategies for Language/Culturally Diverse Classrooms |
3 |
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Effective Literacy for Single Subject Candidates |
3 |
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Content Specific Strategies for Single Subjects (Series) |
3 |
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Wisdom Through Practice |
2 |
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Evaluating Teaching Performance Expectations II |
1 |
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Fieldwork/Student Teaching (9-15 credits)
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Candidates will take a combination of fieldwork credits from the following:
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EDTU 590** |
Supported Teaching (Special Education) |
3 |
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EDTU 592** |
Directed Teaching (Mild/Moderate) |
3-6 |
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EDTU 593** |
Directed Teaching (Moderate/Severe) |
3-6 |
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EDSU 590** |
Supported Teaching |
3 |
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EDSU 592** |
Directed Teaching I |
3-6 |
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EDSU 593** |
Directed Teaching II |
3-6
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Note: traditional candidates will take a minimum of two sessions of student teaching and may choose to take 3 credits in Special Education and 6 credits in Single Subject or 6 credits in Special Education and 3 credits in Single Subject. Candidates with internship credentials must take 6 credits in the field in which they are credentialed and 3 credits in the other field. Candidates who are seeking both a Mild/Moderate and a Moderate/Severe credential will need to add an additional 6 credits (one session) of fieldwork. All candidates may only waive 3 credits of fieldwork/student teaching.
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advanced core courses (15 credits)
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EDUU 600*** |
Research and Evaluation |
3 |
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Seminar in Learning Theory |
3 |
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Seminar in Curriculum Studies |
3 |
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Teacher as Scholarly Practitioner: Action Research |
3 |
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Action Research Development |
3
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total program credits (not including prerequisites) |
51-72 |
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In the even that a candidate has all or a portion of his/her student teaching waived, those credits are not required to be replaced in the degree.