Process for students to meet licensure
rule requirements
M.Ed.
in special education
- Applicants for licensure must minimally hold a baccalaureate degree
and a valid elementary, secondary, or K-12 classroom teaching license or
satisfactorily complete and demonstrate the standards of effective
practice, and,
- Satisfactorily complete the core knowledge and skills for special
education professionals, and
- Satisfactorily complete the disability specific knowledge and skills
for special education professionals.
'Satisfactory completion' is defined through a series of reviews
including:
- Accomplishment of course objectives and/or outcomes as described
within each of the program areas of study including: 1) standards of
effective practice or an existing and valid classroom teaching license,
2) special education core and, 3) disability specific program of study).
- Presentation of the applicant's professional portfolio to the academic
advisor and/or a review panel that includes minimally one master
teacher and two university program representatives (deaf/ hard of
hearing program).
- Recommendation for licensure by the school-based and university-based
supervising teachers as evidenced on the evaluation forms.
- Review and approval of licensure application forms by the university
faculty adviser, the special education licensure coordinator, and the
dean or his designee within the College of Education and Human
Development.
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