Special Education QuickStart Program
The Special Education QuickStart Program is for Elementary education majors interested in working as an elementary special education teacher or with students with special needs within an elementary general education classroom.
Two QuickStart Options:
1. Those who want to be a Special Education Teacher
(Elementary Education with a Provisional Endorsement Option)
This option is for students who want to begin working as a special education teacher immediately after completing their undergraduate degree in elementary education. It includes a dual student teaching assignment with half of the semester in a general education classroom and the other half with a special education teacher. Individuals completing this option will be eligible for a provisional endorsement in high incidence special education after accepting a special education teaching position. To obtain full endorsement, you will continue in the master’s degree program and complete the remaining courses for full endorsement in high incidence special education.
- EDSP 711 – Characteristics of Exceptionalities
- EDSP 742 – Intensive Interventions for Students with Emotional Disability
- EDSP 743 – Intensive Interventions for Students with Dyscalculia and Other Math Difficulties OR EDSP 744 – Intensive Interventions for Students with Dyslexia and Other Reading Difficulties
To request a dual student teaching placement in both elementary and special education, the courses listed above must be completed prior to the student teaching semester.
- EDSP 785 – High-Incidence Practicum 1 (Taken during the student teaching semester for graduate credit.)
2. General educators wanting more knowledge to meet the needs of ALL students in their general education classrooms
- EDSP 711 – Characteristics of Exceptionalities
- EDSP 742 – Intensive Interventions for Students with Emotional Disability
- EDSP 743 – Intensive Interventions for Students with Dyscalculia and Other Math Difficulties OR EDSP 744 – Intensive Interventions for Students with Dyslexia and Other Reading Difficulties
To request a dual student teaching placement in both elementary and special education, the courses listed above must be completed prior to the student teaching semester.
- EDSP 785 – High-Incidence Practicum 1 (Taken during the student teaching semester for graduate credit.)
(Elementary Education with an area of concentration in Special Education Option without dual student teaching and no provisional endorsement)
This option is for those who want some background coursework in special education that will benefit them when working with all students within the general education classroom. Individuals who choose this option may decide to go on to pursue a master’s degree in special education at some point down the road but it is not their intent to work as a special education teacher immediately after graduation. Courses for this option are the same as the option above but do not include the dual student teaching option with the special education practicum.