Educational Specialist in Special Education

The Ed.S. with a Major in Special Education is an online, 27-hour program offering two (2) tracks that prepare you for roles as educational professionals in the field of special education. You will gain insight into the critical issues of special education, engage in critical reflection of positionalities and epistemologies as practitioners, and understand how legislation has served students with exceptionalities.

This advanced program is designed to revitalize classroom pedagogy and provide a path for inclusive leadership, both of which are increasingly vital to the betterment of education for all learners.

The Special Education Track provides you with the skills necessary to synthesize theory and practice through further examination of theoretically-based curriculum development, understanding of global education issues, and inquiry into making education equitable, democratic, humane, and socially just. If you choose this track, you may seek to advance your knowledge in special education as practitioners and teacher leaders.

The Tier 1 (EDL) Certification Track provides a path to Tier 1 Certification (18 hours) and is fully online. It is professionally oriented and candidates for the program are expected to currently be employed in a professional role in an organization providing professional educational services (e.g., school, regional educational service agency, department of education). In order to complete the required 18 hours, you will transfer to the Tier I Leadership program after you finish the Ed.S. to complete EDL 7601 and EDL 7615, both of which are offered every semester. No additional application fees will be incurred as long as these two (2) courses are completed within three (3) semesters following the awarding of the Ed.S.

Additionally, you will be required to take the GACE Leadership Ethics Exit Exam as well as the current Leadership Content Exam. Field activities and Key assessments accompany each EDL course to provide synthesis of the practical and theoretical knowledge necessary for today’s inclusive educational leader.

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