| |
| 
|
| |
Teacher of Students With Moderate Disabilities
This program prepares teachers to
work with students with moderate disabilities, Pre-K-Grade
8, or Grades 5-12.
Contact
Mary Janeczek, Division Chair
413-265-2291
email: janeczekm@elms.edu |
| |
|
| |
Candidates for licensure complete comprehensive
coursework and related field experiences with students
with moderate disabilities in schools and other appropriate
settings.
Elms College graduates are prepared to assume
assigned roles and responsibilities required of the
license, including instruction, assessment, I.E.P.
development, collaboration, consultation, and liaison
duties, as well as case management.
|
|
|
|
| |
Prospective teachers of students with
moderate disabilities will be able to:
- Understand and implement appropriate
instruction and strategies for students with mild to
moderate disabilities incorporating relevant curriculum
frameworks.
- Apply theories and methodologies in
assessing physical, emotional, intellectual, and social
development in childhood and adolescence.
- Provide developmentally appropriate
learning experience especially language development
experiences that connect students' interests with their
life experiences. Significant emphasis is placed on
language development, language acquisition, vocabulary
development, multiple approaches to reading, and extending
the relationship of writing and reading.
- Prepare, implement, and evaluate individualized
education plans (I.E.P.'s) and understand/demonstrate
role responsibilities as case manager.
- Understand federal and state laws/regulations
related to special education and serve as local resources
to other agencies that might provide related services.
- Facilitate/collaborate in the design
or modification of curriculum and instructional materials
and support general education classroom environments
for students with mild to moderate disabilities.
- Assist in preparing and monitoring
students with moderate disabilities for appropriate
general education classrooms.
|
Major Requirements
B.A. Degree
Major in Teacher of Students with Moderate Disabilities
(PreK-8)
Initial License in Teacher of Students With Moderate
Disabilities (PreK-8)
(Minimum at Elms College: 18 cr.)
Major Requirements 51 credits
General Curriculum Emphasis - EDU 100 Introduction to Schooling
and Education
- PSY 214 Children’s Learning
and Development
- EDU 304 Methods of Teaching
Mathematics
- EDU 360 Seminar in Professional
Education
- EDU 385 P.A.L.M.S. Science
Study
- EDU 436 Social Studies Methods
Reading Emphasis
- EDU 307 Current Approaches
to Reading and Language Arts
- EDU 308 Beginning Reading and
Writing
- EDU 309 Assessing Literacy
in the Classroom
- EDU 311 Writing Workshop
Moderate Disabilities Emphasis
- EDU 319 Students with Special
Needs
- EDU 342 Assessment of Students
- EDU 343 Models of Inclusion
- PSY 313 Psychology of Behavioral Management
- EDU 458A Teacher of Students with Moderate
Disabilities,
PreK-8; Initial Practicum
|
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
9 credits
|
Students seeking the Teacher of Moderate Disabilities
(PreK-8) license ordinarily complete a liberal arts
major in English and History.
Major Requirements
B.A. Degree
Major in Teacher of Students with Moderate Disabilities
(5-12)
Initial License in Teacher of Students with Moderate
Disabilities (5-12)
(Minimum at Elms College: 18 cr.)
Option One: For candidates who pass the MTEL Communications
and Literacy Test, the General Curriculum Test, and
the Foundations of Reading Test.
Major Requirements 60 credits
General
Curriculum Emphasis
- EDU 100 Introduction to Schooling
and Education
- PSY 214
Children’s
Learning and Development
- PSY 335 Psychology of Adolescence
- EDU 304 Methods of Teaching
Mathematics
- EDU 330 Secondary Curriculum
OR...
- EDU 333 Middle School Curriculum
- EDU 360 Seminar in Professional Education
- EDU 385 P.A.L.M.S. Science Study
- EDU 436 Social Studies Methods
Reading Emphasis
- EDU 307 Current Approaches
to Reading and Language Arts
- EDU 308 Beginning Reading
and Writing
- EDU 309 Assessing Literacy
in the Classroom
- EDU 311 Writing Workshop
- EDU 313 Advanced Developmental Reading
in Middle and Secondary Schools
Moderate Disabilities
Emphasis
- EDU 319 Students with Special
Needs
- EDU 342 Assessment of Students
- EDU 343 Models of Inclusion
- PSY 313 Psychology of Behavioral
Management
- EDU 468 Teacher of Students
with Moderate Disabilities,
5-12, Initial Practicum
|
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
9 credits
|
B.A. Degree
Major in Teacher of Students with Moderate Disabilities
(5-12)
Initial License in Teacher of Students with Moderate
Disabilities (5-12)
(Minimum at Elms College: 18 cr.)
Option Two: For candidates who pass the MTEL Communications
and Literacy Test, one Subject Matter Test (5-8) or
(8-12), and the Foundations of Reading Test.
Major Requirements 51 credits
General
Curriculum Emphasis
- EDU 100 Introduction to Schooling
and Education
- PSY 214 Children’s
Learning and Development
- PSY 335 Psychology of Adolescence
- EDU 330 Secondary Curriculum OR...
- EDU 333 Middle School Curriculum
and Instruction
- EDU 360 Seminar in Professional Education
Reading Emphasis
- EDU 307 Current Approaches
to Reading and Language Arts
- EDU 308 Beginning Reading
and Writing
- EDU 309 Assessing Literacy
in the Classroom
- EDU 311 Writing Workshop
- EDU 313 Advanced Developmental
Reading in Middle and Secondary Schools
Moderate Disabilities
Emphasis
- EDU 319 Students with Special
Needs
- EDU 342 Assessment of Students
- EDU 343 Models of Inclusion
- PSY 313 Psychology of Behavioral
Management
- EDU 468 Teacher of Students
with Moderate Disabilities,
5-12, Initial Practicum
|
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
3 credits
9 credits
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
