Special Education Cross-Categorical Disabilities Mild/Moderate Stand-Alone (Grades K-12) Certification

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CIP Code: 13.1007

NOTE: This certification is available as both a stand-alone (K-12) or as a combined major with Elementary Education (Grades 1-6).

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

Professional Requirements

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

EDUC 200 - Continuing Portfolio Development for Teacher Candidates Semester Hours: Zero
EDUC 201 - Professional Growth and Folio Development I Semester Hours: One (Must be taken first semester of enrollment) †^¹
EDUC 203 - Teaching in a Diverse Society Semester Hours: Three (Must be taken with EDUC 201 ) ¹
EDUC 303 - Methods of Teaching and Differentiated Instruction Semester Hours: Three (Must be taken first semester of enrollment) †^¹
EDUC 573 - Applications of Technology Semester Hours: Three
ECTA 323 - Curriculum, Assessment, and Data-Based Decision Making Semester Hours: Three ¹
EDPS 313 - Psychology of Learning & Development Semester Hours: Three ⁑ ¹
EDPS 453/553 - The Exceptional Child Semester Hours: Three
ECSP 423/523 - Family Engagement and Partnership: Seminar and Field Experience Semester Hours: Three
EDSP 433/533 - Introduction and Methods of Teaching and Inclusion for Students with Cross-Categorical Disabilities and Field Experience Semester Hours: Three
EDSP 463/563 - Individual Diagnostic Assessment Semester Hours: Three
EDSP 443/543 - Transition/Career Development and Vocational Education Semester Hours: Three
EDRD 423/523 - Integration of Literacy in Content Areas: Seminar and Field Experience Semester Hours: Three ‡
ETOP 423/523 - Classroom and Behavior Management Semester Hours: Three ^
EDUC 401 - Professional Growth and Folio Development II Semester Hours: One (Must be taken the semester prior to student teaching) ^²
EDTR 413/513 - Trauma Informed Classroom I Semester Hours: Three

Total: 41 Hours

Note(s)

¹Undergraduate-only courses required for admission to the Teacher Education Program.
²Undergraduate-only course required in preparation for approval to student teach.

^ Teacher Education Program Gateway Courses - requires a grade of B or higher (may be repeated once)

† Requires enrollment in GoReact as co-requisite/pre-requisite.

⁑ For students transferring professional education course work, the combination of Educational Psychology (or equivalent) and a course that covers child and adolescent growth and development (generally a prerequisite to Educational Psychology) will be substituted for EDPS 313 .

‡ Students who transfer in a course for EDRD 423/523 which does not include an equivalent field experience must complete: EDCL 420/520 .

Content Knowledge for Teaching/Teaching and Learning Strategies

ECSP 433/533 - Language Development and Disorders of the Young Child Semester Hours: Three
EDRD 433/533 - Foundations of Literacy Instruction for Early Childhood/Elementary: Seminar and Field Experience Semester Hours: Three
EDRD 443/543 - Analysis and Correction of Reading Disabilities Semester Hours: Three
EDRD 463/563 - Reading and Writing Strategies for Middle and Secondary Content Areas Semester Hours: Three
EDSP 453/553 - Teaching Remedial Math K-12: Seminar and Field Experience Semester Hours: Three
ELED 423/523 - Integrated Science and Social Studies Concepts for Early Childhood/Elementary: Seminar and Field Experience Semester Hours: Three
ELED 433/533 - Integrated Mathematics Concepts for Early Childhood/Elementary: Seminar and Field Experience Semester Hours: Three
ELED 453/553 - Integrated Language Arts Concepts and Children’s Literature for Early Childhood/Elementary: Seminar and Field Experience Semester Hours: Three

Total: 24 Hours

Total: 65 Hours

Field and Clinical Experiences

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 (must be taken in first semester of enrollment in special education, elementary, middle, or secondary) †^¹
EDUC 210 - Field Experience I Seminar Semester Hours: Zero (must be taken concurrently with EDCL 211 ) ¹
EDCL 411/511 - Teaching Field Experience II Semester Hours: One (Must be taken the semester prior to student teaching in special education, different grade level that EDCL 211 ) †^
EDUC 410/510 - Field Experience II Seminar Semester Hours: Zero (must be taken concurrently with EDCL 411/511 )
EDSP 4709/5709 - Student Teaching: Cross-Categorical Disabilities Semester Hours: Nine (special education, elementary, middle, or secondary)
EDSP 4703/5703 - Student Teaching: Cross-Categorical Disabilities Semester Hours: Three (special education, elementary, middle, or secondary, different level than EDSP 4709/5709 )
EDUC 470 - Student Teaching Professional Development Seminar Semester Hours: Zero (must be taken concurrently with EDSP 4709/5709 and EDSP 4703/5703 ) ¹

Total: 14 Hours

Total: 79 Hours

Note(s)

¹Undergraduate-only courses

^Teacher Education Program Gateway Courses - requires a grade of B or higher (may be repeated once)

† Requires enrollment in GoReact as co-requisite/pre-requisite.

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Special Education Cross-Categorical Disabilities Mild/Moderate Stand-Alone (Grades K-12) Certification

Professional Requirements

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

Total: 41 Hours

Note(s)

Content Knowledge for Teaching/Teaching and Learning Strategies

Total: 24 Hours

Total: 65 Hours

Field and Clinical Experiences

Total: 14 Hours

Total: 79 Hours

Note(s)