Students with Disabilities Generalist (7-12)
LOWER DIVISION 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽UPPER DIVISION 聽 聽 聽 聽
聽 聽 聽 聽 EDU 203 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽EDU 336
聽 聽 聽 聽 EDU 237/EDU聽237L聽聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽SED 363
聽 聽 聽 聽 SED 270 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽EDU 319
聽 聽 聽 聽 EDU 313 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽SED 371
聽 聽 聽 聽 EDU 314 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽SED 401
聽 聽 聽 聽 SED 340 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽STUDENT TEACHING
聽 聽 聽 聽 SED 364 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽EDU 327
聽 聽 聽 聽 SED聽333
If you are an Students with Disabilities Generalist (7-12) major, you will apply for upper division in your second semester, sophomore year,聽if the following have been taken and met:
In order to be admitted to upper division (and allowed to take upper division education courses), the following must be accomplished:
- An overall quality point average of 2.75 or better for all completed college courses.
- A quality point average of 2.75 or better in all education courses (SED & EDU prefixes).
- A grade of 鈥淐鈥 or better in EDU 203 Learning Theory.
- A grade of 鈥淏鈥 or better in EDU 237 Instructional Design.
- A grade of "C" or better in SED 270 Introduction to the Nature & Educational Needs of Students with Disabilities.
Graded papers from each class must also be submitted:
- The research paper from EDU 203 with instructor鈥檚 comments and grade earned.
- The research paper from SED 270 with instructor鈥檚 comments and grade earned.
- The instructional unit for EDU 237 with instructor鈥檚 comments and grade earned.
You must compile and submit on-line an upper division teaching portfolio for review by education department during spring semester of your sophomore year.
This will also include:
- An emergent professional resume, must include original resume with feedback from Career Services and revisions.
- An emergent comprehensive development plan.
- An emergent dispositional self-assessment.
- A dispositional interview.
- Educating All Students Test (EAS)
- Content Specialty Test (CST) 鈥 Students with Disabilities
- Content Specialty Test (CST) 鈥 Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grade 7-Grade 12)
- edTPA聽鈥 Special Education
- Educating All Students Test (EAS): 聽Sophomore/Junior Year
- Content Specialty Test (CST) 鈥 Students with Disabilities: Senior Year
- Content Specialty Test (CST) 鈥 Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers: Senior Year
- edTPA - Special Education: Senior Year (During Student Teaching)
For preparation information please visit the following website:聽
Also, from time to time, we hear of special preparation classes. If you know of any, let one of the faculty members know and we will send an email to all education students via the list-serve.
聽Please visit the following聽NYSED聽website: 聽
Technically, student teaching is your 鈥渃apstone鈥 exercise for completing your degree and will propel you to begin your professional teaching career, graduate school or both; thus, student teaching is completed in your senior year. Some students teach in the fall semester, some in the spring. Speak to your advisor and/or the Coordinator of Adolescent Education Programs about this when the time comes.
When you apply to student teach, on the聽application聽there is a section asking for the name and contact information for someone you are requesting to student teach with. We try to honor this, but sometimes this may not work out. But we do our best!
Please visit the following聽NYSED聽TEACH website:聽
You will need to set up your own TEACH account.
Pathway: Approved Teacher Preparation Program 05/01/2014
This pathway refers to programs specifically designed and registered with the New York State Education Department to qualify students for New York State teacher, pupil personnel, or administrative certification. Specified non-coursework requirements, such as the New York State Teacher Certification Examinations and fingerprint clearance, must also be satisfied.
You need to finish your bachelor鈥檚 degree in聽SwDG聽(7-12). 聽You also need to complete the following NYS workshops: Project SAVE, child abuse training, Dignity for All Students (DASA). Contact the Certification Officer--Amherst Education Programs to address any questions in regard to being recommended.
The bachelor鈥檚 cert code is needed when you apply for your certification through your TEACH account. When you actually do apply, the TEACH system will ask you what you are applying for.
Here is what you will need when you do that:
- Institution Code:聽Daemen聽College
- Award Title: Bachelors of Science
- Program Code: 38292
- Area of Interest: Classroom Teacher
- Subject Area: Students with Disabilities
- Grade Level: Adolescent 鈥 Grades 7-12
- Title: Students with Disabilities - Grades 7-12- Generalist
- Type of Certificate: Initial Certificate
Please visit the following聽NYSED聽website:聽
Please visit the following website:聽. Both workshops can be accomplished there.
Yes. Once you secure your initial certification in聽SwDG, you would complete the masters in special education that will enable you to earn your professional certification.
Keep in mind at聽Daemen, we are concerned with you finishing your degree and getting your certification based聽on聽your major. Any extension(s) would be between聽NYSED聽and you.
NYSED聽recommends the following:
- Go to the Office of Teaching web site: .
- Once there, click on Topics A-Z.聽
- Then, scroll down to Certificate Requirements.聽
- Then select your area of interest, etc. and click the search button.聽 You need to look for the pathway called Additional Classroom Teaching Certificate
- Must Hold a Valid Certificate.聽
Under that, you will see all the requirements for an additional certificate. Then click on each requirement for more information and explanation of coursework.
You apply for the additional certificate through TEACH, but you would not use a program code.
You have to send official transcripts either to your local聽BOCES聽(the one closest to where you live) or to聽NYSED聽after you apply for your additional certificate(s), depending on who you designate as the evaluator when you apply in TEACH.