MAT Special Education Orientation

Catalog description

MAT Special Education orientation is an introduction to special education teacher education and the teaching profession. This course is an intensive overview of Teachers College, Henderson, SPED MAT program of study, licensure, and Charlotte Danielson’s Framework for Teaching. This course will focus on preparing special education professionals to better understand the characteristics of a highly effective teacher by investigating topics that may include the classroom environment, teaching methods and strategies, creating lesson plans using standards, using assessments in instruction, professional responsibilities, and infusing technology. The clinical field experience observation component will be based upon the Charlotte Danielson’s Framework for Teaching.