Preliminary Education Specialist Teaching Credential: Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Authorization with Preliminary Multiple or Single Subject Credential and Internship Option (California)
Lead Faculty:
Dr. Joan Sebastian
rgin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;" _mce_style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;">The Multiple or Single Subject Teaching Credential is designed for candidates dedicated to instructional leadership in the P-12 settings. Courses meet the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC) requirements for a Preliminary Multiple or Single Subject teaching credential.
Program Content:
Program content includes the Special Education Core, courses specific to the DHH program and clinical practice. Courses within the program are designed to address both the Education Specialist standards and the program specific standards for DHH, as well as the TPEs and CSTPs. Clinical Practice includes field experiences as well as supervised teaching.
Program Learning Outcomes
- Critique research and synthesize learning theories as they relate to cognitive, language, and social development of ASL-English learners as well as those with special needs throughout their lifespan.
- Apply understanding and practice of cultural-historical perspectives, educational theories and models, legal and ethical practices, and technological innovations for instructing ASL-English Bilingual Multicultural learners including those with special needs.
- Utilize academic discourse competency and language proficiency in both ASL and English, and apply interpretation and translation skills between ASL and written English while teaching.
- Implement developmentally appropriate strategies supporting first and second language acquisition as well as cognitive development engaging each student in the learning process.
- Select, adapt, administer, and interpret and explain formative and summative assessment results, making appropriate dual language and content based recommendations.
- Implement and evaluate differentiated instructional pedagogies addressing state content standards and core curriculum in a culturally relevant manner.
- Apply collaboration skills working with the multi-disciplinary educational team, including families and other stakeholders, to interpret assessment tools and implementing developmentally appropriate dual language (i.e. expressive and receptive), cognitive, and social goals for children from birth to age five.
- Identify differences between the etiologies and learning characteristics of students who are DHH and those who are DHH with special needs.
- Implement appropriate classroom management with cultural sensitivity so that behavior challenges diminish and more positive attitudes toward school are developed.
- Use appropriate developmental milestone goals and advocacy skills for individuals, from infancy to adulthood, to meet the communication and academic needs of d/Deaf learners during key transitional stages.
- Apply effective collaboration skills working with and through diverse families, support providers (i.e. ASL-English bilingual specialist, audiologists, interpreters, paraprofessionals, and speech language pathologist), general education professionals, community agencies, and the d/Deaf communities.
Requirements
(25 courses, 103.5 quarter units)Candidates are required to successfully complete the Dual Common Core courses, DHH and Multiple or Single subjects core courses as well as Special Education Program Specific courses. In addition a clinical practice path for both Special Education (either student teaching or internship) and Multiple or Single Subject areas (student teaching).Candidates choosing the Internship option to obtain the Preliminary Education Specialist: DHH teaching credential will need to meet the Internship Eligibility requirements.The CTC mandates that all approved internship programs require a minimum of 120 hours of pre-service coursework prior to becoming the teacher of record. Forty-five quarter units are equal to 40 clock hours. These pre-service courses must be successfully completed prior to eligibility for completing the internship option.
Co-requisites
(2 courses; 9 units)
Core Requirements
(16 courses; 72 units)
Dual Common Core
(7 courses; 31.5 units)
Special Education and Multiple or Single Subject Core
(9 courses; 40.5 units)
Program Specific Courses (Advanced DHH Courses)
(5 courses; 22.5 units)
Clinical Practice path for Supervised Teaching: Student Teaching Option
Clinical Practice Path for Supervised Teaching: DHH Internship Option
(2 courses; 9 units)
