Combine your passion for helping children with your interest in education—discover a career in special education.
Special education teachers are in demand, with teacher shortages reported nationwide. Our Master of Science program leads to licensure in Special Education-General Curriculum, 在维吉尼亚州支持K-12教育. Most states will honor a Virginia teaching certificate so you can apply for a teaching license out-of-state by reciprocal agreement.
A special education teacher is part of a team that plans, delivers and evaluates specifically designed individual plans of instruction (IEPs) to meet the unique needs of children with disabilities.
超越学术, the focus on socio-emotional and functional skills helps students with disabilities in their daily living, employment and social relationships. 除了, working in the field of special education offers you opportunities to specialize in a variety of K-12 academic settings as well as transition services that prepare students with special needs for post-high school endeavors.
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The program incorporates newest instructional technologies, experiential learning and exposure to information related to classroom management, individual education planning and instructional delivery for students with disabilities in K-12 school population.
Students will participate in practicum experiences in schools throughout the program. This includes a semester of student teaching or two semesters of supervised teaching if you are already in a classroom.
Students will create a variety of projects, 单位/教案, write IEPs and behavior assessments and plans, as well as develop a project that develops better home-school connections.
十大正规博彩网站评级博彩平台推荐大学 教育司 & Human Development prepares practitioner-leaders by offering programs of study that conform to the following principles: practicing in a spirit of collaboration; thoughtful examination of the foundations, current contexts and future possibilities of the fields of study; encouraging proactive, problem-centered philosophies of educational and professional practice; producing graduates who will be knowledge-driven, competent decision-makers whose thinking is informed by reflective practice; and preparing caring, 能力强、善于反思的教师, 管理员, human services and public sectors practitioners.
Our master’s and doctoral programs are unique in their emphasis on the application of theory to real-world problems and lived experiences. Administration and Supervision Licensure and Teacher Education Licensure programs have each earned accreditation from the Council for 认证 of Educator Preparation (CAEP).
实习的可能性
The program works in partnership with local public and private schools that offer special education programs so you complete real-world field experience practicums and student teaching internships within accredited schools. We give individualized attention to provisionally licensed special education teachers who are admitted to the MSE program so they can complete their coursework within the timeframe of their licensure requirements.
You will have many opportunities to participate in professional conferences and organizations such as the Council for Exceptional Children and the SVEA, which is the student branch of the Virginia Education Association.
Shenandoah’s Computer-Based Writing Project is supported by the Claude Moore Foundation, and serves local students in grades 4-8 who struggle with writing. 在暑期项目中, students enrolled in SED 533: Language Acquisition and Reading Methods either help struggling writers learn keyboarding and writing process skills in the Bowman computer lab in downtown Winchester through the computer-based writing program, or they individually tutor students to develop and improve literacy skills.
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You will learn to work in public and private schools with K-12 students who receive special education services, but who also access the general curriculum.
Our program provides all classes online in the evenings to meet the needs of those employed during the day. All our faculty members have doctorates and classes are taught by those endorsed in special education. All special education adjunct faculty members are in teaching or administrative leadership positions in Virginia K-12 school systems so their knowledge of the field of special education is current and practical.
学习如何:
- assess academic, socio-emotional and functional skills of K-12 students
- plan for instruction and develop Individual Education Plans (IEPs)
- carry out instruction as specified on students’ IEPs
- monitor student progress toward meeting IEP goals and objectives, and local and state curriculum standards
- learn collaborative and consultative strategies to employ when working with related-service providers such as speech and language clinicians, occupational and physical therapists, and school psychologists; school officials; students and parents/family members
- work within a response-to-intervention model to monitor at-risk students
- plan for co-teaching experiences in general education classrooms when working with a content teaching partner such as a math, 科学, 英语, 或者社会研究老师
- effectively use educational and assistive technology in assessing, planning and delivering instruction
课程要求
Education foundation courses required for initial licensure: | ||
EDU510 / EDUC510 | 教育基础 | 3 |
RDG523 / EDU523 | 阅读基础 | 3 |
PSYP510 | 人类生长 & 学习 | 3 |
硕士学位要求 | ||
SED / SEDC565 | Foundations Legal and Medical Aspects of Special Education | 3 |
SED / SEDC571 | Characteristics Student Disabilities | 3 |
SED 533 | Language Acquisition/Reading Methods | 3 |
SED 569 | Collaborative/Consultative Strategies | 3 |
SED 575 | Transitions for Students w/Disabilities | 3 |
SED 567 | Special Education 指令, Behavior 管理 & 评估 | 3 |
SED 573 | Curriculum, 指令, Service Delivery | 3 |
EDU 647 | 课程项目 & 指令 | 3 |
EDU 661 | Internship in Student Teaching K-12 | 6 |
or Seminar course designed for provisionally licensed teachers: | ||
EDU 613 | 管理 & 指导我 | 3 |
EDU 614 | 管理 & 指导二世 | 3 |
VCLA的及格分数 & VRA or Praxis® Teaching Reading: Elementary (5205) |
Upon completion of course and internship requirements, candidates must obtain passing scores on VCLA & the Praxis® Teaching Reading: Elementary (5205) to qualify for an initial teaching license in Special Education-General Curriculum, K-12.
Virginia requires students in a licensure program to complete student teaching when completing licensure requirements. Provisionally licensed teachers in our MSE program who are employed as full-time provisionally licensed special education teachers and cannot complete student teaching are mentored for a full year by university supervisors who were K-12 school principals with experience in special education and other content endorsement areas.
Provisionally licensed teachers enroll in seminar courses EDU 613: 管理 and 指导我 and EDU 614: 管理 and 指导二世. These courses replace traditional student teaching. When completing these seminar courses, our students are supported in their own classrooms by field supervisors, and this allows students in our MSE program to complete all program requirements in terms of coursework and supervised teaching experiences.
教师
Our accomplished and caring faculty serve as mentors beyond the classroom. 作为一个团队, they prepare you to serve as a compassionate educator, critical thinker and ethical leader. You’ll benefit from small class sizes that enable faculty members to provide individualized attention and nurture your academic and professional development.
Dr. 凯伦发怒
Assistant Professor, Curriculum and 指令; Program Head, PSC-ITL and MSEd-Emphasis in Teaching
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国家互惠- SARA
十大正规博彩网站评级博彩平台推荐大学 is a member of NC-SARA, the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements. 查看license要求 for out-of-state students enrolling in Shenandoah programs leading to licensure. Click on the tab at the bottom of the screen to locate your program. Note that these requirements are subject to change. Please contact your program with questions.
State Requirements For Teacher Licensure
Students preparing to be teachers are expected to meet the requirements for teacher licensure currently in effect in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Most states grant teaching licensure on a reciprocal basis when the educating institution is approved by its own state department of education or when graduates of an institution are eligible for teaching licensure in the state in which they were educated. Teacher education programs at 十大正规博彩网站评级博彩平台推荐大学 are approved programs of the Virginia State Board of Education, and nationally accredited by the Council for the 认证 of Educator Preparation (CAEP); thus, graduates will have met all educational requirements for Virginia licensure.
国家互惠- SARA
十大正规博彩网站评级博彩平台推荐大学 is a member of NC-SARA, the National Council for State Authorization Reciprocity Agreements. 查看license要求 for out-of-state students enrolling in Shenandoah programs leading to licensure. Click on the tab at the bottom of the screen to locate your program. Note that these requirements are subject to change. Please contact your program with questions.