In general, the Special Education program trains students in educational, social, emotional, and vocational interventions, identification, assessment and programming processes; adaptation and development of curriculum materials; analysis of behavior; and the development and implementation of individual educational programs. The PreK-8 Special Education program will help focus those skills on children from preschool age to elementary school levels.
Special Education Degree (B.S.E.) Moderate Disabilities with Licensure (PreK-8)
Part of the
Education Department in the
College of Professional Studies
Requirements
Learning Outcomes
At the completion of their programs of study, our Education majors will understand:
- Their own history, identity, and position within US society and that of others, and related impact on teaching and learning.
- Human variability, and the value of strength-based perspectives in work with children, families, communities.
- The critical role of the teacher in enacting a humanizing pedagogy that is anchored in the needs, identities, and lived experiences of students, families, and broader community.
- The history, complexity, and power of institutional settings such as schools, and the ethical responsibility of a teacher in working for justice.
- The big ideas of disciplinary content and tools for inquiry, research, and curriculum design and implementation across content areas relevant to P-12 teaching.
- The architecture of the ‘self’ (Sealy-Ruiz), the imperative of critical self-reflection for personal/professional growth.