Special Education, Teacher of Students with Moderate Disabilities (Grades 5-12), (Initial Licensure), MEd

Department: Special Education

Learning Outcomes: CEC Standards and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Standards

Admission Requirements

Candidates must meet all College of Graduate Studies requirements and have a minimum undergraduate GPA of 2.8
Candidates must submit evidence that they have passed the Communication and Literacy Skills Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure^® (MTEL)
Official transcripts of all undergraduate and graduate course work

Program of Study

In consultation with an advisor, candidates will undertake the appropriate course work and activities including the following.

Candidates must complete SPED 510 - Teaching Exceptional Children in Schools (or equivalent) with a minimum grade of “B”
Candidates must, prior to the student teaching experience:
1. complete an appropriate psychology course (PSYC 336 - Developmental Psychology or equivalent) or ELED 120 - Child Study in the Early Childhood and Elementary Education Classroom
2. have either passed a subject content MTEL^®or the General Curriculum MTEL^® (which includes the Math subtest)
3. complete SPED 509 - Teaching Reading to Learners with Disabilities (or equivalent) with a minimum grade of “B”
4. have passed the Foundations of Reading MTEL^®

Required courses (15 credits)

Licensure courses (18 credits)

Exit requirement

Successful completion of a comprehensive examination is required. Please see the Graduate Academic Policies and Procedures section of this catalog for additional information.

Total minimum credits: 33*

*On a case-by-case basis, an individual course may be waived to bring the minimum number of credits to 30.