Graduate Certificate in Teaching Special Education (K-12): General Curriculum

The Special Education (K-12): General Curriculum Graduate Certificate program is a 27-hour graduate-level program to prepare students for the North Carolina "Standard Professional I" license (initial licensure) in Special Education: General Curriculum.

Graduate Certificate students, who apply and are accepted to the Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.), can apply the Graduate Certificate course requirements to the M.A.T. All M.A.T. requirements must be completed within six years. For more information, see http://education.uncc.edu/mat.

Special Education (K-12): General Curriculum teachers work with students who have mild disabilities. Using an Individualized Education Plan (IEP), tailored to each student's educational requirements and abilities, Special Education: General Curriculum teachers adapt general education curriculum to meet each special education student's needs.

Program eligibility requirements:
Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.

This Distance Education program is intended for:
*teachers wishing to change licensure fields;
*individuals changing careers to become special education teachers.

Prospective students, whose employment depends upon a specific teaching license, should contact the Human Resource Licensure Representative, within their employing school system, to verify this licensure meets the conditions of their teaching employment.

Candidates who are not teaching must have some daytime flexibility, because most 3-hour courses will each require 30-40 contact hours for conducting classroom-based activities in a K-12 school settings. Special Education lateral entry teachers will be able to complete many, but not all, of their clinical requirements in their own classrooms if they are teaching in the field of Special Education.

The Graduate Certificate Special Education: General Curriculum planning sheet is your program licensure guide.

How are these online Courses Delivered?
Centra and/or Blackboard

Learn about Centra at http://elearning.uncc.edu/centra. Participation in Centra courses requires:

1. A headset with an attached microphone, and
2. Logging into teleconference-type class sessions at specified times each week. Class sessions are typically two to three hours long.

Learn about Blackboard Vista at http://bbvista.uncc.edu. Blackboard Vista does not require regularly scheduled class sessions.

To participate in this program, your computer must meet these Technical Specifications. Students using a high-speed internet connection (cable or DSL) report greatest satisfaction with courseware access.

CONTACT INFORMATION

Academic Advisor
LuAnn Jordan, Ph.D
lujordan@uncc.edu

Distance Education Senior Program Manager
ewingate@uncc.edu