Cert in Special Education and Teaching

This credential combines practices drawn from intervention, early learning and special needs fields. It trains students to support children with and without disabilities in preschools, inclusion classrooms and early intervention programs, and to work with families. The classes are designed to satisfy state Title 5 coursework rules tied to the assistant-level child development permit. The program is assembled from 21 units of coursework, and every listed requirement has to be finished. Students need a C or P, or better, in each required class before the certificate is granted. It sits within the college's career-focused offerings and can be combined with related degrees and certificates. Because this is a short credential, it can serve students who want to enter the workforce promptly or add a specialty to existing qualifications. Advisors at the college can help students see how the units might later count toward related degrees and certificates listed in the catalog. Stated learning outcomes describe the practical abilities that graduates are expected to show.