Elementary Education Special Education-Learning Disablities - Lake Superior State University

Elementary Education Special Education-Learning Disablities from Lake Superior State University is a Campus Bachelor Special Education degree that prepares you for a Education career. Program Description: Teachers for students with learning disabilities are in high demand both in Michigan and across the country. Combining this specialty with an elementary certificate will prepare our graduates for a wide variety of teaching assignments working with students who will really benefit from the quality education experiences you can provide. The major in Elementary Education: Special Education- Learning Disabilities offers you the opportunity to become a certified special education teacher in a public or charter school. As an elementary teacher, the graduate will be a Highly Qualified teacher under No Child Left Behind when they are teaching in self contained classrooms grades K-8. Based on completing an academic minor in a teaching field the graduate will be qualified to teach that field in grades 6-8. As an elementary teacher with a special education endorsement to work with students who have learning disabilities the graduate will be qualified to work as a special education teacher. The program requires the same training as an elementary teacher with an academic major in learning disabilities. A teaching minor is required. Career Descriptions: Special Education Teacher ? teach in a resource room for students with learning disabilities , or teach academic subjects in classes containing students with special needs. Elementary Teacher ? teach in self-contained classrooms (one teacher with one group of students for the majority of the instruction day) with students in grades K-8, or any subjects grades K-5. Middle School Teacher ? teach in grades 6-8 the fields indicated by your academic teaching minor (e.g. math, science, language arts, social studies). View more details on Lake Superior State University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Special Education courses.