Alternative A: Collaborative Teacher Special Education K-6

I. Unconditional Admission Required Courses: 51 hours

A. Professional Courses: 21 hours

ED 500. Foundations of Education Credits: 3
ED 505. Technology and Education Credits: 3
ED 504. Techniques of Educational Research Credits: 3
OR
ED 506. Educational Statistics Credits: 3
EP 500. Advanced Educational Psychology Credits: 3
OR
EP 506. Life-Span Development and Learning Credits: 3
ED 509. Internship in Teaching: P-12 Credits: 3
EE 500. Teaching Reading Credits: 3
SE 500. Introduction to Special Education Credits: 3 *

B. Teaching Field: 21 hours

EE 515. Science of Reading Credits: 3
SE 501. Characteristics and Strategies for Special Needs Students Credits: 3
SE 502. Developing Receptive and Expressive Communication Skills Credits: 3
SE 503. Seminar in Behavior Management Credits: 3
SE 504. Seminar in Special Education Issues Credits: 3
SE 506. Teaching the Severely and Profoundly Disabled Credits: 3
SE 552. Methods for the Collaborative Teacher/Special Education K-6 Credits: 3

II. Additional Required Courses: 9 hours

SE 401. Assessment and Diagnosis in Special Education (3)
SE 405. Teachers and the Law (3)
SE 451. Methods of Teaching Special Education (3)

Notes:

*If an Introduction to Special Education course was completed prior to unconditional admission to Alt. A program, another approved diversity course is required.

The educator candidate shall maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.25 or better in all courses in the approved program as verified on an official transcript with no grade less than "C."

A full-time internship in an approved school setting is also required in the Alternative A Program. The educator candidate must be within four semester hours of completing all coursework excluding internship or have approval of the dean. Under no circumstances will the internship be waived. The deadline to apply for Fall Internship is February 1. The deadline for Spring Internship is September 1. On-Campus seminars are required during the Internship semester.

Governance

The Educator Preparation Program and the Educator Certification Program are governed by the Alabama State Department of Education, and the College of Education reserves the right to change requirements in these programs at any time when such changes are mandated by the State Department.