Current through March 19, 2025
To receive an initial educator certificate for
single-subject special education an applicant shall present evidence of meeting
all of the following requirements, in addition to meeting the assessment
requirements, as appropriate:
(a)
Holds a bachelor's degree from an approved institution;
(b) Has a minimum of 45 semester hours of
credit in general academic courses including:
(1) Six semester hours of credit in
English;
(2) Six semester hours of
credit in social science, which shall include United States history, and may
include anthropology, economics, geography, history, political science,
psychology or sociology;
(3) Study
in at least three of the following areas, in addition to the area of major
specialization:
(E) Foreign language; and
(c) For teaching of the blind and
partially-sighted: Has a minimum of 30 semester hours of credit in professional
education in a planned program of study and experience appropriate to the level
and special subject for which certification is sought, and which is designed to
develop understanding of the special field. This shall include study in each of
the following areas, and include the specific amount of credit where such is
specified:
(1) Foundations of education. This
group includes areas such as:
(A) history of
education,
(B) principles of
education,
(C) philosophy of
education,
(D) comparative education
and
(E) community sociology,
community resources and social anthropology;
(2) Educational psychology. This group
includes areas such as:
(A) psychology of
learning,
(B) human growth and
development,
(C) child-adolescent
psychology and
(3) Curriculum
and methods of teaching. This group includes areas such as:
(B) the teaching of reading,
(C) school library media
instruction,
(D) individualizing
instruction,
(E) educational
measurements,
(F) principles of
curriculum construction,
(G) the
specific field and
(H)
extra-curricular activities;
(4) Supervised observation, participation and
full-time responsible student teaching totaling at least six but not more than
12 semester hours of credit as part of the requirement; and
(5) At least 12 semester hours of credit to
be distributed among each of the areas as listed below, as appropriate to the
special subject:
(A) Blind:
(i) A survey of eye conditions;
(ii) Psychology of the blind;
(iii) Methods and materials for teaching the
blind; and
(B) Partially-sighted
(i) Basic orientation in eye
conditions;
(ii) Effect of eye
conditions on educational programs and vocational outlook;
(iii) Methods of teaching the
partially-sighted; and
(iv)
Psychology of physically handicapped children; or
(d) For teaching of the
hearing-impaired: A total of 30 semester hours of credit in professional
education in a planned program of study and experience appropriate to the level
and specific subject for which certification is sought, and designed to develop
understanding of the special field. This shall include study in each of the
following areas:
(1) The teaching of speech to
the hearing-impaired;
(2) The
teaching of language to the hearing-impaired;
(3) Methods of teaching elementary school
subjects to the hearing-impaired;
(4) Methods of teaching lip reading to the
hearing-impaired;
(5) Auditory and
speech mechanisms;
(6) Audiometry,
hearing aids and auditory training;
(7) Education and guidance to the
hearing-impaired; and
(8)
Supervised observation, participation, and full-time responsible student
teaching, totaling at least six but not more than 12 semester hours of credit
as part of this requirement.
