Special Education, Mild/Moderate Education Specialist Credential, MA

Program Learning Outcomes:

• Using a variety of instructional strategies, resources, and technologies to meet students’ diverse learning needs.
• Monitoring student learning and adjusting instruction while teaching.
• Creating a rigorous learning environment with high expectations and appropriate support for all students
• Using knowledge of students’ academic readiness, language proficiency, cultural background, and individual development to plan instruction.
• Planning instruction that incorporates appropriate strategies to meet the learning needs of all students.
• Applying knowledge of the purposes, characteristics, and uses of different types of assessments.

Student Learning Outcomes:

• Student will be able to demonstrate advanced skills in selecting, designing, administering, and interpreting informal and formal reading assessments.
• Student will be able to use performance data and input from various sources to make or suggest appropriate modifications in a broad spectrum of learning environments.
• Student will be able to demonstrate differentiated teaching skills in his or her classrooms.
• Student will be able to describe a variety of instructional procedures and demonstrate the advanced ability to use appropriate instruction for students with culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds across a variety of settings.

Credential and Master’s Program

The Master in Special Education with a Mild/Moderate Education Specialist Credential program is designed to prepare interns for special education careers in diverse, urban schools. In this two-year cohort program, candidates can earn preliminary teaching credentials and master’s degrees while working as paid intern teachers in Bay Area schools.

The Mild/Moderate Education Specialist Credential authorizes graduates to work in a wide variety of positions. They can be employed in public and private K-12 schools as special day-class teachers or as resource and inclusion specialists. With the credential and master’s degree, graduates can be employed at California community colleges as special education learning specialists.

Major Requirements (42 Units)