Graduate Licensure at MSU

1. Graduate Licensure at MSU LD and EBD

2. Some Essentials • Admission verified with letter from Graduate School. Letter includes: • Name of program to which admitted (licensure or master’s program) • Additional requirements for initial teacher licensure students (Accelerated Teacher Licensure) • Name of advisor • Recommendations: • Meet with advisor early to plan your Program of Study • Only master’s degree students required to submit Program of Study to Graduate School; however, good idea for everyone to complete • Come prepared (questions, transcripts)

3. Essentials • Advising: • Advisor has the authority to approve/not approve prior coursework • Advisees assigned randomly • Students have the right to change advisors (complete “Change of Advisor Form” through Graduate School Office) • Communicate with your advisor regularly

5. Essentials • All prerequisite and core classes offered fall and spring semesters on a rotating campus basis. For example, if 548 is offered in Edina (7700 France) fall semester, it will be offered in Mankato spring semester. • Two campuses allows us to serve 2 distinct student populations • Typical summer offerings include: • Some prerequisites (605) • 2 ATL offerings (509 & 514 for summer 2011) • Autism Certificate (680, 681, 682, 683) • Additional core classes (661, 645 for summer 2011)

6. Accelerated Teacher Licensure • Called “Expanded Edition” in the past • Courses also identified as “SEP’s” or Standards of Effective Practice • 4 additional courses for students with a bachelor’s degree but no teaching license • Students must be admitted to Professional Education in the first semester of the program. • PLEASE Go to: http://ed.mnsu.edu/advising/admission/onlineprofed.html to begin the process. Admission includes: • • Application to Professional Education • Unofficial copies of College Transcripts • Minnesota Teacher Licensure Exam (MTLE) Basic Skills Test Scores for Reading, Writing, and Math• Writing Assessment Lab or WAL • Key College of Education Contact for Admittance to Professional Education: Dr. Scott Page (scott.page@mnsu.edu: (507-389-1777)

7. ATL Rotation • Summer 2011- 509, 514 • Fall 2011- 511, 514 • Spring 2012- 509 • Summer 2012- 511, 513 • Key Department Contact: Dr. Andrew Johnson (andrew.johnson@mnsu.edu)

8. Student Teaching • Student teaching and seminar classes taken AFTER all prerequisite and core classes completed. • Application deadlines: http://ed.mnsu.edu/field/studentteaching/applications.html • * Fall semester student teaching - Application due by the 4th Friday in October the preceding year • * Spring semester student teaching - Application due by the 4th Friday in April the preceding year • Key Department Contact: Dr. Steven Robinson (steven.robinson@mnsu.edu)

9. Student Teaching • Students can student teach while hired if: • Position is full-time • Position is SPED teacher (not paraprofessional) • Position includes working with LD and/or EBD students • Note: ALL students will be assigned a licensed cooperating teacher • Seminar classes taken with student teaching • SPED 648: Seminar Current Issues & Trends LD • SPED 649: Graduate Student Teaching LD • SPED 658: Seminar: Current Issues and Trends EBD • SPED 667: Graduate Student Teaching EBD

10. Licensure requirements • Initial teacher licensure candidates (ATL students who do not hold a teaching license) complete: 1) SPED Core Content of Minnesota Teacher Licensure Exam (MTLE) (2 subtests) 2) Pedagogy Test of MTLE (2 subtests-can choose elementary or secondary • Add-on licensure candidates who hold an elementary or secondary teaching license but no SPED license complete: 1) SPED Core Content of Minnesota Teacher Licensure Exam (MTLE) (2 subtests) • Add-on licensure candidates who currently hold a SPED license do not complete either of these tests (passed previously) • These tests would typically be taken at the end of your program but before applying for licensure • Key College of Education Contact for MTLE Questions: Jill Ryan (jill.ryan@mnsu.edu: 507-389-1217)

11. Licensure Requirements • Apply for licensure after coursework is completed and MTLE exams have been passed (most students prepare application during LD or EBD seminar classes). • Submit application for licensure to Gail Orcutt in the College of Education. She will: • Pull MSU transcripts • Forward application to SPED dept. chair for approval • Send application to state for approval Key College of Education Contact for Processing Licensure Applications: Gail Orcutt (gail.orcutt@mnsu.edu; 507-389-1216)

12. Master’s Degree • 34 graduate level credits required for the master’s degree • Can’t include prerequisite classes 605 and 548 • Seminar, student teaching and ATL graduate courses count towards the 34 required grad credits • If earning EBD license need 3 additional classes (600, 610, 694) • If earning LD license need 4 additional classes (600, 610, 694) plus one more 4 credit, graduate level class

13. Graduate sequence • Must be taken sequentially and NOT simultaneously) • SPED 600 Intro to Educational Research (3 credits) • Focuses on basics of summarizing and writing about educational research • Hybrid format (1/3 face-to-face, 2/3 independent/online) or fully online (Check MSU class schedule) • SPED 610 Using Educational Research (3 credits) • Primary focus is academic writing • 1st of 3 capstone papers prepared with guidance/feedback. • Delivery format is fully online • SPED 694 Preparing Capstone Project (1 credit) • 2 Double-spaced 12-pg. minimum papers written on current SPED topics • Randomly assigned a SPED department reader • Delivery format is independent study (no face-to-face sessions) • Key Department Contact: Dr. Steven Robinson (steven.robinson@mnsu.edu)