Program Requirements
Special Education Major, Grades 1–6 Requirements
Note: These requirements are in addition to those taken for the Childhood Education major. Candidates must earn a grade of “C” or higher in each of the following courses required for certification in order to move to the next block. Courses in which the candidate has earned a grade lower than a “C” must be repeated.
*EDUC 230 and ITED 422P are required courses for the Childhood major and are not additional hours to the Special Education major.
For students majoring in Special Education, all of the above credit bearing courses are used in the determination of the grade point average in the major.
Qualifications for New York State Teacher Certification in Students with Disabilities
Candidates for New York State certification in Students with Disabilities (grades 1–6) must complete the following:
- Bachelor’s degree
- Childhood Education major.
- 24 credits in Special Education courses.
- 150 hours of field experiences prior to student teaching. (The field experiences include 100 hours in Childhood or Adolescence and 50 hours in Special/Inclusive Education.)
- Student Teaching Experience (14 weeks).
- New York State Teacher Certification Examinations: Liberal Arts and Science Test (LAST), Assessment of Teaching Skills-Written (ATS-W), and a Content Specialty Test (CST) for each area of certification.
- Fingerprint clearance.
- Child Abuse and School Violence Intervention and Prevention Workshops.