Exceptional Children Need Exceptional Teachers

• Program leads to licensure in intellectual disabilities/learning disabilities or behavior disorders
• Great opportunity for unlicensed special education teachers to obtain licensure and a master’s degree
• Rolling admissions
• Course designs based on Bransford, Brown, & Cocking’s “How People Learn” framework
• Ongoing professional development through an online support network
• Opportunities to collaborate with other
special education professionals and showcase their work

Program Information:

• 36-39 semester hours of graduate study: 15 semester hours professional core, 12-18 hours teaching methods and clinical experiences, and 9 semester hours of special education concentration
• 0-15 semester hours of prerequisite undergraduate study
• Initial licensure can be obtained with first 24-29 semester hours.
• Exit portfolio
• State-required licensure examinations

For more information
Call the WCU Graduate School at 1-800-369-9854 or email gradsch@email.wcu.edu.