Special Education - McNeese State University

Special Education from McNeese State University is a Campus Bachelor Special Education degree that prepares you for a Education career. The purpose of the Department of Teacher Education is to prepare students to fulfill their role in the teaching profession; encourage the continued professional preparation of school personnel; assist school personnel through advisory and consultative services; encourage research and the development of new knowledge for the improvement of educational practice; and prepare special educators committed to developing the highest educational and quality of life potential of exceptional children and youth. Philosophy The development of an effective teacher involves the process of acquiring skills that will promote life-long learning. In keeping with the University???s mission of providing learning opportunities, enhancing intellectual, civic, and cultural well-being, and improving the quality of life, the faculty strives to: Enable the candidate to prepare for the roles of leadership and participation in the community by developing appropriate knowledge, skills and dispositions; Assist the candidate in acquiring an enriched background, depth of specialization, and breadth of knowledge necessary for teaching all students; Help the candidate master techniques for adapting and applying instructional content, resources and strategies to respond to cultural, gender, linguistic, learning, and socioeconomic differences; Provide the candidate with knowledge of principles of human growth and development and how to apply these principles to student learning; Encourage the candidate to acquire a sense of loyalty and service to the profession; Develop within the candidate a desire for continuous self improvement; Model the belief that all students can learn and succeed regardless of his or her ethnic, racial, gender, socioeconomic, language and/or religious background; and Develop abilities to utilize state, professional and institutional standards related to assessment. Curriculum The Department offers the following degree program: A curriculum leading to the Bachelor of Arts in Special Education, General, with concentrations in Mild-Moderate Impairments, Mild-Moderate Impairments/Elementary Education , and Mild-Moderate Impairments/Secondary Education. The department head will assign faculty advisors to assist interested students in developing individual degree plans. Special Education majors selecting the Early Interventionist Concentration (single major) will be certified to teach exceptional children, birth to age nine. Special Education majors selecting the Early Interventionist/Elementary/Early Childhood Education Concentration (double major) will be certified to teach exceptional children, birth to age five and regular education kindergarten through 8th grade. Education 419 must be taken to add nursery school certification. Special Education majors selecting the Mild-Moderate Impairments Concentration (single major) will be certified to teach exceptional children, kindergarten through 12th grade. Special Education majors selecting the Mild-Moderate Impairments/Elementary Education Concentration (double major) will be certified to teach the mild/moderate impaired elementary student (behavior disordered/emotionally disturbed, learning disabled, mentally disabled and orthopedically disabled) and regular education 1st through 8th grade. Special Education majors selecting the Mild-Moderate Impairments/Secondary Education Concentration (double major) will be certified to teach the mild-moderate impaired secondary student (behavior disordered/emotionally disturbed, learning disabled, mentally disabled, and orthopedically disabled) and regular education content area grades 7 through 12 (see requirements for a second teaching area under Secondary Education). View more details on McNeese State University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Special Education courses.