特殊教育专业，B.A.

关于本项目

在密歇根州立大学丹佛分校, pre-service teacher candidates in the Special Education major will engage in courses and field experience work that will prepare them to teach individuals with disabilities in a variety of K-12 settings. We maintain small class sizes so students can engage in effective collaboration with their peers and receive personalized instruction. Each of the faculty in our program bring experiences from the field via research and K-12 Special Education teaching experience.

Our goal is to help our candidates become ethical educators and leaders in the field to make a difference in our profession, 学校, 学生的生活. 因此，课程作业只是一个开始. 因为密歇根州立大学丹佛分校强调职业准备, our Special Education program provides candidates experiences in the field that span K-12 classrooms in a variety of settings with students who have different types of disabilities. Engaging in these field experiences assists our teacher candidates in developing the critical skills necessary for implementation in their future classrooms.

在皇冠体育官网获得学位的好处

密歇根州立大学丹佛 is located on the Auraria Campus just steps from downtown 丹佛. 密歇根州立大学丹佛’s proximity to the city offers countless opportunities for field experience and student teaching in urban and suburban 学校 with diverse populations. Many of the courses within the Special Education program are offered online or in a hybrid model to allow flexibility for our students to successfully complete their degree and teaching license.

Other reasons teacher candidates choose 密歇根州立大学丹佛 include:

• 多元化的学生群体
• 教育学院 programs are approved by the Colorado
• 教育部
• 丰富的与课程工作相关的实地经验
• Engaging coursework connected to current issues related to the field of special education
• 支持性学生教学机会
• Knowledgeable and experienced faculty members and advisors who value diversity, 股本, 和包容.

毕业生的就业机会

Special Education program graduates go to work as teachers in classroom settings at all levels from Kindergarten through high school in 学校 nationwide.

特色教师

Dr. 蒂娜鲱鱼

Dr. 蒂娜·赫林是一名特殊教育教授. She has been in the field of education for over 20 years. She began her teaching career as a teacher of the deaf at a middle school in Salem, Oregon. In 2002, she graduated with her doctorate in Special Education with an emphasis in Applied Behavior Analysis from The Ohio State University. Her current research interest includes online learning, effective instructional practices and Universal Design for Learning in higher education. Dr. Herring currently teaches both graduate and undergraduate courses at 密歇根州立大学丹佛.

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Dr. 丽贝卡沧

Dr. Canges received her doctorate in Educational Leadership with an emphasis in Teacher Education in Multicultural Societies from the University of Southern California (USC). She completed her undergraduate work in Psychology at California State University, Long Beach where she also completed both her Masters in Special Education and Education Specialist Teaching Credential. Dr. Canges started her career as a middle school Special Education teacher in California, where she worked to promote acceptance of students with disabilities by implementing district-wide awareness programs. She has studied and provided trainings for improving instruction for English Language Learners and currently researches methods for improving teacher preparation programs so teachers can better support students with disabilities who are in their classrooms.

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在职校友

特殊教育校友B.A. program are making a difference in school districts all across the 丹佛 metro area and beyond!  例如, many of our graduates have become teachers and leaders in the following districts: Boulder Valley, 樱桃溪, St. 弗兰谷, 利特尔顿公立学校, 道格拉斯郡, 丹佛公立学校, 27J学区, 还有更多!

认证

All 教育学院 teacher licensure programs are authorized by the Colorado 教育部 and the Colorado Department of Higher Education.