Upon completion of this program, candidates are expected to:
Upon successful completion of this program, candidates will be able to:
• Demonstrate knowledge and skills in engaging and supporting all students in learning.
• Demonstrate knowledge and skills in creating and maintaining effective environments for student learning.
• Demonstrate knowledge and skills in understanding and organizing subject matter for student learning.
• Demonstrate knowledge and skills in planning instruction and designing learning experiences for all students.
• Demonstrate knowledge and skills in assessing student learning.
• Demonstrate knowledge and skills in developing as a professional educator.
Program Co-requisites (2 courses; 9 quarter units)
HED 602 - Introductory Health Ed: K-12
EDT 608 - Computer-Based Technology in the Classroom
Core Requirements (10 courses; 42 quarter units)
Field experience courses must be taken at the beginning of the program and may be taken concurrently with other courses.
EXC 602A - Field Experience: Spc Ed (3 quarter units)
EXC 602B - Fld Exper: Incl Settings(3 quarter units)
EXC 604 - Excep & Diversity in Clsrm
TED 615 - Foundations of Education
TED 611 - Educational Psychology
EXC 620 - Positive Behavior Support
EXC 630 - Assess/Instrplanning in SpEd (one night per week over two months)
TED 621A - Lang. Dev. Methods: Elem. Sch.
(Prerequisite: TED 615)
or
TED 623 - Lang. Dev. Methods: Secondary
(Prerequisite: TED 615)
TED 621B - Reading/Lang. Arts Methods
(Prerequisites: TED 615 and TED 621A)
EXC 650 - Consultation and Collaboration
CLD 627 - Meth. Crosscult. Instr.
Generic Core Exam
Verify passage of Basic Skills Assessment and Subject Matter Competency
Note: Generic Core Exam must be passed prior to enrollment in Advanced Specialization Courses.
Advanced Specialization Requirements
(10 courses; 33 quarter units)
EXC 644 - Reading and Language Arts Methods for Special Education (one night per week over two months)
EXC 644A - Field Study: Reading and Language Arts Methods for Special Education
(1.5 quarter units)
EXC 660 - Instruct of Learners w/MM Dis.
EXC 660A - Field Study: Learners w/MM Dis (1.5 quarter units)
EXC 615 - Tech for Persons w/Disab.
EXC 615A - Fld Study: Technology (1.5 quarter units)
and
EXC 603A - Supervised Teaching Seminar (1.5 quarter units)
(Must be taken concurrently with Student Teaching)
EXC 685A - Std. Teaching Mild/Moderate
EXC 685B - Std. Teaching Mild/Moderate
Exit Exam
To apply for the credential please refer to “Recommendation for Preliminary Level I Education Specialist Credential” section of the catalog.
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