SPED - 6999 Special Education Student Teaching (9)

Provides graduate candidates with experience in teaching students with disabilities. Each candidate is placed in a special education setting commensurate with experiences required for licensure sought (e.g. students with Learning Disabilities, Intellectual Disabilities, Traumatic Brain Injury, Autism, etc.). Seminar activities are also required. This capstone experience requires 15 weeks of full-time teaching and/or co-teaching. Prerequisite: Admission to MCSE candidacy, successful completion of all required courses and approval of MCSE Program Coordinator. Must have passed the required Illinois Content Exam and submit proof of 100 observation hours prior to student teaching.