Special education – Moderate online online graduate certificate program

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Win a specialized online specialized online education certificate with this four -course program with 12 credits. For those who teach in Massachusetts, this certificate will meet academic requirements for the license of moderate handicap.

Students will acquire a practical experience in teaching in inclusive classrooms, as well as in autonomous classrooms, through an internship / internship experience of 150 hours and a semester.

The program can be completed as little as a year.

The program program includes:

  • Law and foundations of special education
  • Individualized education programs (IEP)
  • Response to the intervention (RTI)
  • Differentiated instruction (DI)
  • Universal design assessment techniques (UDL)
  • Behavioral interventions
  • Class management
  • Reporting
  • Learners in English (Ells)
  • Research and theories related to special education and inclusive practices

Required lessons (12 credits)

  • SPE 547 Introduction to special education or * EDU 611 Reading of development
  • SPE 548 Class management for students slightly and moderately disabled in inclusive contexts (pre-req / co-requisite SPE 547 or equivalent)
  • SPE 549 Diagnostic and corrective evaluation for students with moderate handicaps (pre-req SPE 547 or equivalent)
  • SPE 550 Differentiated and practical instruction based on evidence (pre-req SPE 547 or equivalent)

* Students will finish reading the development of EDU 611 instead of SPE 547 Introduction to special education if they previously followed an introductory course to special education as part of their teacher preparation program.

Program sequence

Course Autumn Spring Summer
SPE 547 ✓ ✓ ✓
SPE 548 ✓ ✓
SPE 549 ✓ ✓
SPE 550 ✓ ✓
Edu 611 ✓ ✓ ✓

* The course schedules are likely to change

Descriptions, times and requirements of the course

Mtels

Applicants should have evidence to take the following Mtel tests:

Elementary MTL test

  • Communication and literacy skills
  • Foundations of the test of subject specialized in reading or reading
  • General program

Medium / secondary test test

  • Communication and literacy skills
  • Foundations of the test of subject specialized in reading or reading
  • Material test in one of the main academic materials taught in 5-8 or 8-12 for which the Massachusetts primary and secondary education department issues licenses or the general program.

Initial license

You will be eligible for an initial license in moderate handicap at the end of this program if you are an educator who currently has an initial license in Massachusetts in a basic academic field.

The exercise permit in moderate handicaps prek-8 or 5-12 can be added to any initial license in a basic academic field such as elementary, English, history, biology, physics, general sciences or mathematics.

Provisional license

You will be eligible for a provisional license in Massachusetts in moderate handicap after completing the special education certificate program if you are an educator in initial training or an educator who does not currently hold a teaching license, and have also succeeded in the MTEL concerned for the license.

Applicants who are teachers not my must already have a license in their country of origin which is equivalent to an initial MA license.

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Demand requirements

  • Submit a request for higher education (select the online modality to see the program)
  • Baccalaureate of an accredited university with a minimum of 3.0 GPA.
  • Personal declaration describing your beliefs on teaching and learning and why you chose teaching as a profession.
  • resume
  • $ 60 request fees

For Massachusetts teachers

  • Submit a copy of the teaching license or proof of one -year teaching experience described in your test if you do not have a MA teaching license.

For teachers outside the state

  • Submit teachers of initial license or more in your state.

University requirements for admission to graduates

  • Submit a request via the online portal. Make sure to provide your full legal name and capitalize on the first letter of all proper names.
  • Pay non -refundable requests of $ 60 (American Express, Discover, Mastercard or Visa) via the online portal. For nursing candidates, non -refundable requests are $ 75.
  • Declaration of goal, minimum 300 words. Unless otherwise indicated in the details of the program requirements, indicate your higher study objectives, your research interests and experience and commercial experience or industry if necessary. If you apply for a teaching or research assistant, include any specific skill or experience that would help us make assistanates.
  • resume
  • Transcriptions for all present post -second institutions present (whether or not a diploma). Unofficial transcriptions are accepted for the examination of the admission request, once registered, an official final transcription is required. International students apply with a transcription assessment, please submit this document with your unofficial transcriptions. International candidates for data science must subject semester transcriptions by semester as well as consolidated transcriptions.
  • Many programs have specific recommendations / requirements, please consult the specific specific requirements for the program for more information.
  • International students: TOEFL IBT, IELTS, PEARSON PTE or DUOLINGO (if it is accepted by program). The unofficial scores are accepted for the examination of the admission request, once the official scores are registered are required and must be sent by the test agency (copies / analyzes not accepted). This is required of any candidate who has not obtained a baccalaureate or a diploma superior to an accredited academic institution in the United States or to an Accepted English-speaking country, See exemptions for more details. We need a global minimum / total score of 72 on the IBT or Band 6.0 toefl on the iELTS or a 52 on the Pte Academic pearsons for entry to any program and a minimum score of 79 on the IBT TOEFL or the 6.5 band on the IELTS for examination for a teaching assistant. Some programs require higher minimum scores (see specific program requirements). Most programs also accept Duolingo with a minimum score of 95. The following programs do not accept Duolingo: artistic education, biology / marine biology, nurse (MS, DNP, PHD), psychology: clinical and political policy.
  • All official documents are required for registration, please have documents (i.e. test scores) sent before expiration.