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Assistant Professor/Chair Joseph Yarworth, Ph.D.
Associate Professor/Teacher Certification Officer Susan Seidenstricker, Ed.D.
Professor/Dean of Graduate Studies Sarel Fuchs, Ph.D.
Professor Rodney Warfield, Ed.D.
Assistant Professor Bonnie Hamwi, Ph.D.
Instructors Michele Mislevy and Margaret Place
Education Department Web site
Special Education - Certification Program (N-12) in Cognitive, Behavior, Physical Health Disabilities (CBP/HD).
Special Education - Certification Program (N-12) in Cognitive, Behavior, Physical Health Disabilities (CBP/HD).
At Albright College, students do not earn a degree in education. Students complete a co-concentration in a liberal arts subject area and certification courses. Candidates for the special education certificate have two degree options:
Option One - Full concentration with certification:
Completion of full concentration for degree with addition of courses required for certification.
Courses in concentration area....... 10-12 units
Courses in certification........................18 units
General Studies.............................. 12-16 units
Total course units.......................... 40-46 units
Option Two - Co-concentration Combined program for degree:
co-concentration in special education with degree co-concentration of the candidate's choice:
Courses in co-concentration.................7 units
Courses in special education
co-concentration.................................... 8 units
Remaining course requirements
for certification.................................... 10 units
General Studies...............................12-16 units
Total course units...........................37-41 units
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Requirements
for the Certification in Special Education. In order to comply with NCLB legislation requirements for preparation of highly qualified teachers, Albright only offers a combined elementary education/special education certificate program.
Listed below are the academic course requirements within and beyond the College general education program required for certification in special education.
- Completion of co-concentration (7-12 units) A liberal arts degree concentration area of the candidate's choice.
- Specific Units for Special Education Teacher Candidates
- English (2 units)
- Literature
- Composition (ENG 102)
- A United States History (1 unit)
- Mathematics (2 units)
- Lab Science (1 unit)
- Psychology 100
- Special Education Co-concentration Courses
• EDU 301 Educational Psychology
• EDU 303 The American Education System
• EDU 375 Developmental Reading
• SPE 215 Introduction to Special Education and Lab
• SPE 310 Psychology of the Different Child or PSY391 Child Psychopathology
• SPE 315 Development of the Different Child, or PSY 240 Child Development (Psychology concentrators)
• SPE 320 Assessment I and Lab
• SPE 321 Assessment II and Lab
- Teacher Certification Requirements
In addition to the required courses in the co-concentration sequence, special education certification candidates are required to take the following courses to meet the Pennsylvania state certification requirements for dual certification in elementary education and special education.
• EDU 230 Communication Skills for Teachers
• EDU 248 Art and Music: N-6 Methods and Content
• EDU 350 Instructional Technology
• EDU 360 Math: N-6 Methods and Content
• EDU 362 Science and Health: N-6 Methods and Content
• EDU 365 Social Studies: N-6 Methods and Content
• EDU 374 N-12 Language Arts
• EDU 375 N-6 Developmental Reading• Professional Semester
- EDU 423 Professional Seminar
- EDU 420 Student Teaching
- EDU 409 Student Teaching
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