 Education Specialist Credential: Mild to Moderate DisabilitiesDo you have a passion for working with kindergarten through age 22 students with mild/moderate disabilities, to appreciate their differences and strengths, and to help them recognize and realize their potential? Then the Education Specialist Teaching Credential Program is for you! This program prepares CI teacher candidates to work with students with mild/moderate disabilities in both self-contained special education and general education classrooms. Across the program’s courses and fieldwork in K-12 age 22 classrooms, candidates develop the skills to appreciate and capitalize on the diversity of languages and cultures encountered in California’s public school classrooms. The belief that all children (regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, ability, or economic status) are capable of learning and that educators make a difference in students’ lives provide the founding principles of the Education Specialist Teaching Credential. Upon completion of the program, candidates are eligible for the Preliminary Education Specialist Credential (Mild to Moderate Disabilities) issued by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CTC). Candidates must successfully meet or pass the Basic Skills requirement, the Subject Matter requirement, the RICA exam and the CalTPA exam prior to being recommended for this credential. Education Specialist Teacher Candidates can also pursue an add-on Bilingual Authorization as part of the coursework.- see more at: https://education.csuci.edu/programs/special-education.htm |
