Online Graduate Certificate in Special Education Comprehensive K–12
Special Education Comprehensive K-12
Program Overview
Do you aspire to work with exceptional students in K–12? The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, offers an online Graduate Certificate in Special Education Comprehensive K–12. This fully online program provides advanced coursework that will prepare you to teach students with various exceptionalities. The certification is specifically designed for teachers licensed in areas outside of exceptional education in Tennessee.
Increase Your Skill & Knowledge Teaching K-12 Exceptional Students
The Special Education Comprehensive K-12 graduate certificate can be tailored to serve various career goals. For PreK-12 teachers licensed in areas outside of exceptional education, this graduate certificate can be used towards earning an additional endorsement in Special Education Comprehensive K-12. For K-12 teachers licensed in an area of exceptional education at the undergraduate level, non-licensed professionals who work in informal education settings, and others who engage in K-12 leadership positions that support special populations, this graduate certificate provides advanced coursework specifically designed to enhance capacities for designing equity-focused instruction to students with a range of exceptionalities.
Admission Requirements
- Applicants can be currently admitted to a degree program at UTK or can apply solely for the Special Education Comprehensive K-12 Graduate Certificate through the Graduate Admissions Office.
- All 12 credit hours of graduate coursework must be completed at the University of Tennessee within five years of applying for a certificate.
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Featured Courses
Student recipients of the Special Education Comprehensive K-12 Graduate Certificate are required to successfully complete the following courses:
Provides foundational knowledge of learning needs, service delivery models, and critical issues in educating students with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Introduction to research-based, evidence-based, and high-leverage practices for assessment and instruction of students with moderate to severe intellectual disability, developmental disabilities, and multiple disabilities.
Identifying and implementing best practices in assessment and instruction for students with moderate to severe intellectual disability and developmental disabilities that significantly impact learning. Understanding and applying high-leverage research-based and evidence-based practices.
Characteristics of students with neuromotor, orthopedic, and musculoskeletal impairments, degenerative and life-limiting conditions, health impairments including infectious diseases, sensory losses, and the impact of these disabilities on student learning. Adaptations and teaching strategies for meeting the needs of students with impairments.
Application of assistive and instructional technology for students in all disability categories and across all chronological and functioning age ranges. Adaptive software, hardware for access, and strategies for technology usage, assessment, and instruction.
