Childhood and Special Ed Teacher

Course List: 

Particular attention will be given to instructional design for the inclusive and co-teaching classrooms; special education identification and assessment practices; classroom management and behavioral interventions; foundations of research with an emphasis on action research; and applied behavioral analysis for severe stereotypical behavior. 

Transitional B certification is a full New York State teaching certification that allows qualified students to seek employment as teachers of record after just one year in the program.  First-year requirements include successful completion of: 

• 18 credits of introductory Special Education coursework 

   

   

• 50 hours of field experience in New York State schools 

   

   

• Appropriate New York State Certification Exams 

   

   

• Child Abuse, School Violence, Autism, & DASA training 

   

   

• Any liberal arts and sciences course deficiencies identified at admission 

   

   

• During the second and third years of the Transitional B certification pathway, students may continue their coursework while working as a full or part-time 1-6 special education teacher in a New York State school2. In this setting, students will be mentored by faculty members and networked with other Transitional B certification teachers across the state. The program culminates in the Mentored Teaching Capstone course. In addition to completing the 45-credit program, students must pass the Students with Disabilities CST Exam in order to qualify for Initial certification. 

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• SUGGESTED ENROLLMENT SEQUENCE 

   

   

• First Year

   

   

• FALL

   

   

• SPED 6005

  Introduction to History of Special Education Law 1 

  3

• SPED 6010

  Child and Adolescent Development 1 

  3

• SPRING

   

   

• EDUC 6015

  Exceptionalities: Individualizing Learning 1 

  3

• SPED 6025

  Teaching & Learning Across the Contents: Methods I 1

  3

• SUMMER

   

   

• Second Year

   

   

• SPED 6055

  Teaching Exceptional Children in Inclusive Settings 

  3

• SPED 6065

  Special Education Mentored Teaching I 

  3

• SPRING

   

   

• SPED 6060

  Psychoeducational Assessment Practices & IEP Development 

  3

• SPED 6080

  Special Education Mentored Teaching II 

   

• SUMMER

   

   

• SPED 6085

  Collaboration in Special Education 

  3

• Third Year

   

   

• FALL

   

   

• SPED 7030

  Special Education Mentored Teaching III 

  3

• CURI 6050

  Literacy Assessment 

  3

• SPRING

   

   

• EDUC 6130

  Literacy Across the Curriculum 

  3

• SPED 7035

  Special Education Mentored Teaching Capstone 

  3