GRADUATE INTERNSHIP FOR SPECIAL EDUCATION

Catalog description

The graduate internship experience consists of 50 hours of teaching students with disabilities in the role of the special education teacher and is required for candidates who do not currently hold any special education teaching certification. Internship experience consists of 50 hours working in childhood (P-6) or secondary (7-12). Students MUST complete one of these experiences at the P-6 grade level and the other at grade 7-12. Students are expected to apply developmentally appropriate differentiated instruction to meet individual needs, develop both long and short-term plans to implement curriculum, use technology to enhance instruction, develop and administer appropriate assessment strategies, provide instruction and monitor progress for IEP goals, organize and manage the classroom environment and exhibit the characteristics and ethics of a professional special educator.