Initial Childhood & Students with Disabilities 1-6, M.Ed.
[Initial Childhood & SWD 1-6, M.Ed.-0802]
The Initial Certification in Childhood with Special Education program is designed for candidates holding a bachelor's degree in a liberal arts field. Students enrolled in the program have the opportunity to gain the knowledge and skills needed for teaching both general and special education students. The program is designed for post-baccalaureate students seeking a Master of Education degree leading to initial and professional certification.
Admission Criteria:
- Writing Sample - Please attach an essay of 300-500 words explaining why you are seeking admission to this program. Include how this program will help achieve your personal and/or career goals.
- Resume - Please attach a one page professional resume highlighting your professional experience. Please include teaching, coaching or mentoring experiences.
- Transcripts - One official transcript from all colleges/universities attended. (Minimum G.P.A. 3.0). A transcript review by an Admissions Counselor is required to determine if any additional classes are needed for enrollment.
- Recommendations - Two professional recommendations needed; please send us the form from the application, along with recommendation letter
- GRE (Graduate Record Examination) - Required by NYS. Please submit scores.
Transfer Policy:
Master of Education program applicants may request that the College accept graduate courses from other institutions for transfer credit. The following conditions apply to such requests:
- Courses must have been taken within five years of the date of application to the Roberts M.Ed. degree program.
- A formal course description (for example, from a course catalog or course syllabus) must be provided for each course that the applicant wishes Roberts to consider. The Program Advisor and the Director will compare the course description with that of similar courses in the Roberts M.Ed. program to determine equivalence. The course description will also be presented to the Registrar’s office as evidence of equivalence, just as an official transcript is presented as evidence of success course completion.
- More than 12-hour limit may be granted in unusual cases after review of the Program Advisor, the Program Director, and the Department Chair. Examples of possible exceptions are students transferring into a program from another Roberts program (such as an Initial Adolescence or Transition B Adolescence graduate seeking further study and certification in Special Education). The percentage of courses accepted for credit will be limited to 50% (NOTE: this is consistent with practice at the undergraduate level when a 2-year student is accepted as a junior, representing a 50% transfer of credit).
SPECIFICS OF THE INITIAL CHILDHOOD & SWD, M.Ed. DEGREE
Minimum Total Hours: 45
Minimum Requirements: Overall and major GPA of 3.0 with no grade less than B-.
Major Requirements: 45
- GEDU 5010 (3) Planning, Instruction & Assessment
- GEDU 5019 (3) Student Behavior & Learning Environments
- GEDU 5014 (3) Language & Literacy I
- GEDU 5012 (3) Historical Foundations of Special Education
- GEDU 5011 (3) Social Foundations of Education
- GEDU 5023 (3) Assessment in Inclusive Classrooms
- GEDU 5018 (3) Language & Literacy II
- GEDU 5015 (3) Differentiated Instruction for All Learners
- GEDU 5027 (3) Child & Adolescent Development & Learning
- GEDU 5031 (3) Instructional & Adaptive Technology
- GEDU 5030 (3) Elementary curriculum & Methods (1-6)
- GEDU 5026 (3) Master's Project
- GEDU 6000* (2) Capstone Seminar
- GEDU 6003* (2) Student Teaching in Childhood Education
- GEDU 6006* (2) Student Teaching in Childhood Education
- GEDU 6002 (3) Student Teaching Special Education
Field Experience Requirement (Students must complete 150 hours of fieldwork)
* Student Teaching Practicum (14 Weeks)
CST Multi-Subject Content Specialty Test
CST Students with Disabilities Test
EAS Educating All Students Test
edTPA
SAVE Workshop
Child Abuse Workshop
DASA - Dignity for All Students Workshop
Autism Workshop
Upon successful completion of all academic requirements and completion of all required workshops, the student will be recommended to the state by RWC. A student who has not completed the required workshops will not be recommended to the state until successful completion of the required workshops. Six months after the student's conferral date, if a student has not completed all the successful workshops, the student must apply for certification himself or herself through individual evaluation. RWC will not recommend the student for certification.