Special Education Cross-Categorical Disabilities Mild/Moderate/Elementary Education, BSE

CIP Code: 13.1007/13.1202

Students must meet all requirements for certification before this degree will be conferred, including passing the following: 1) all sections of the Missouri General Education Assessment (MoGEA); 2) the Professional Development Folio (semester prior to student teaching); 3) the Missouri Content Assessment(s) (MoCA) for each area of certification sought; and 4) a passing composite score on their summative evaluation in the Missouri Educator Evaluation System (MEES).

Students must pass both the Missouri Content Assessment (MoCA) for Mild-Moderate Cross-Categorical PLUS all four subtests of the Elementary Education Multi-Content exam (English/language arts, mathematics, science, and social studies).

General Education Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Education

Professional Requirements

Content Planning and Delivery/Individual Student Needs/ Schools and the Teaching Profession

EDUC 201 - Professional Growth and Folio Development I Semester Hours: One (Must be taken second semester of sophomore year or first semester of enrollment if transferring as a junior or senior)
EDUC 203 - Teaching in a Diverse Society Semester Hours: Three
(Must be taken with EDUC 201)
ECTA 323 - Curriculum, Assessment, and Data-Based Decision Making Semester Hours: Three
EDPS 383 - Psychology of Teaching and Learning Semester Hours: Three
EDUC 303 - Methods of Teaching and Differentiated Instruction Semester Hours: Three
EDUC 373 - Technology and Instructional Media Semester Hours: Three
PSYC 313 - Human Growth and Development (MOTR PSYC 200) Semester Hours: Three
EDUC 401 - Professional Growth and Folio Development II Semester Hours: One
(Must be taken during the senior year, the semester prior to student teaching)
EDPS 453/553 - the Exceptional Child Semester Hours: Three ¹
EDRD 423/523 - Integration of Literacy in Content Areas: Seminar and Field Experience Semester Hours: Three ¹
ETOP 423/523 - Classroom and Behavior Management Semester Hours: Three ¹
EDSP 433/533 - Introduction and Methods of Teaching and Inclusion for Students with Cross-Categorical Disabilities and Field Experience Semester Hours: Three ¹
EDSP 463/563 - Individual Diagnostics and Classroom Assessment Semester Hours: Three ¹
HUED 443/543 - Transition/Career Development and Vocational Education Semester Hours: Three ¹
EDSP 413/513 - Language Development and Disorders of the Exceptional Child Semester Hours: Three ¹
ECSP 423/523 - Family Engagement and Partnership: Seminar and Field Experience Semester Hours: Three ¹

Total: 44 Hours

‡Students who transfer in a course for EDRD 423/523 which does not include an equivalent field experience must complete: EDCL 420/520 Field Experience with English Language Learners

Content Knowledge for Teaching/Teaching and Learning Strategies

ECED 413/513 - Language Acquisition of the Young Child Semester Hours: Three ¹
ELED 453/553 - Integrated Language Arts Concepts and Children’s Literature for Early Childhood/Elementary: Seminar and Field Experience Semester Hours: Three ¹
EDRD 433/533 - Foundations of Literacy Instruction for Early Childhood/Elementary: Seminar and Field Experience Semester Hours: Three ¹
EDRD 443/543 - Analysis and Correction of Reading Disabilities Semester Hours: Three ¹
EDRD 463/563 - Reading and Writing Strategies for Middle and Secondary Content Areas Semester Hours: Three ¹
ELED 433/533 - Integrated Mathematics Concepts for Early Childhood/Elementary: Seminar and Field Experience Semester Hours: Three ¹
EDSP 453/553 - Teaching Remedial Math K-12: Seminar and Field Experience Semester Hours: Three ¹
ELED 443/543 - Integrated Science Concepts for Early Childhood/Elementary: Seminar and Field Experience Semester Hours: Three ¹
ELED 463/563 - Integrated Concepts in Social Science, Geography, and Economics for Early Childhood/Elementary: Seminar and Field Experience Semester Hours: Three ¹

Total: 27 Hours

¹See the catalog section on Senior Permission for information on earning graduate credit for this course.

Total: 71 Hours

Field and Clinical Experiences

Students must complete at least one field placement in each of the three levels (elementary, middle, high school)

EDCL 211 - Teaching Field Experience I Semester Hours: One (special education, elementary, middle, or secondary)
EDUC 210 - Field Experience I Seminar Semester Hours: Zero (must be taken concurrently with EDCL 211)
EDCL 411/511 - Teaching Field Experience II Semester Hours: One (special education, elementary, middle, or secondary, different level than EDCL 211)
EDUC 410 - Field Experience II Seminar Semester Hours: Zero (must be taken concurrently with EDCL 411/511)
EDSP 4709 - Student Teaching: Cross-Categorical Disabilities Semester Hours: Nine (special education, elementary, middle, or secondary)
ELCL 4703 - Student Teaching: Elementary Semester Hours: Three (regular education, grades 1-6)
EDUC 471 - Student Teaching Seminar Semester Hours: One (must be taken concurrently with EDSP 4709+ELCL 4703)

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