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MED in Special Education General Curriculum

MED in Special Education General Curriculum. November 22, 2013. Presented on behalf of the Department of Inclusive Education . Purpose. Summarize the proposed program changes for the MED in Special Education General Curriculum program. Rationale. National:

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MED in Special Education General Curriculum

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  1. MED in Special EducationGeneral Curriculum November 22, 2013 Presented on behalf of the Department of Inclusive Education

  2. Purpose Summarize the proposed program changes for the MED in Special Education General Curriculum program.

  3. Rationale National: 2013 CEC Federal Outlook for Exceptional Children indicates 7+ million students with disabilities are services under IDEA and a shortage of teachers are available to meet this need. 45,514 of those serving as Special Education teachers do not meet required standards. State: 2013 U.S. Teacher Shortage Area listing identified special education teaching as an official shortage area for 48 states and D.C. Notably, Georgia’s demand for fully credentialed special education teachers exceeds the available supply. Local: Teachers take and pass the Georgia Assessments for the Certification of Educators (GACE) but do not hold specific content and pedagogical knowledge acquired from teacher preparation programs that lead to certification. A Director of Special Education Services from a metro-Atlanta school district reported, “ Given our staffing crisis, it is increasingly challenging to provide quality services to children with disabilities as required by federal mandates.” KSU: INED SPED MEd aims to ameliorate the challenge of chronic teacher shortage, by preparing highly effective Special Education teachers to meet the needs of children with disabilities within an increasingly diverse community.

  4. Guiding Questions? • What are the best practices in the field of special education today? • What will it take to become a program of excellence? • How can we better meet the needs of practicing teachers?

  5. Essential Tenets

  6. Revision Timeline

  7. Considerations

  8. Standards Alignment

  9. Program Electives Historic Current Candidates entering with reading expertise KSU implemented a variety of new endorsements Seek to differentiate based on student interests Build scalability by eliminating substitution exceptions • Special education teachers required to be highly qualified in a content area. • Reading was a content area • Reading Endorsement Newly Implemented • Require Reading Endorsement unless candidates were already reading endorsed. • Course substitutions would be done for exceptions.

  10. Questions?

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