Special Education, MSEd
Program Overview
The MSEd in Special Education prepares teachers to empower students with special learning needs and abilities. The program enhances knowledge of learning disabilities and differences, and develops skills in implementing inclusionary practices and differentiated instruction techniques. Students complete a practicum in a classroom setting and a teacher-as-researcher course, and are eligible for an initial certificate in teaching students with disabilities upon completion.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The MSEd in Special Education prepares students to empower student success in the fastest-growing area of the education profession. The program enhances knowledge of learning disabilities and differences, as well as the methods and strategies to increase effectiveness in the classroom. Students develop skills and expertise in implementing inclusionary practices and differentiated instruction techniques to help students with special learning needs and abilities become successful and lifelong learners.
Outline:
Designed for teachers with their certification in early childhood, childhood or adolescent education, the 30-credit master’s program is organized into three interrelated strands that integrate theory, technique, and practice in instruction and assessment.
- ED 670 Trends and Issues in Special Education
- ED 675 Students with Severe Disabilities
- ED 677 Literacy for Children with Special Needs The program culminates in a one-semester, full-time practicum in a classroom setting with students with disabilities, and a related teacher-as-researcher course that includes an action research project.
Careers:
After completing the program, students are eligible for an initial certificate in teaching students with disabilities.
- NYC Department of Education
- Dutchess, Putnam, Rockland, and Westchester School Districts
Other:
- Strong partnerships with local school districts mean students are getting hired before they even graduate.
- Coursework integrates key knowledge and dispositions necessary to teach in today’s modern classrooms, using technology to address the specific needs of all learners, including students with disabilities and culturally and linguistically diverse students.
- Member of the Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation (AAQEP), an accreditation organization for educator preparation programs that promotes the preparation of effective educators by way of innovative, outcomes-focused programs that engage education’s toughest challenges, directly and in context.
