Project IMPACT -
Education Specialist Instruction Credential - Early Childhood Special Education

 Eligibility Requirements
  • Full-time teaching position with one of our participating districts in a special education setting
  • CBEST Passing Score
  • Fingerprinting clearance
  • U.S. Constitution requirement
  • Prerequisite course, Framework for Teaching, offered by TCOE.


Course Schedule
  • Level I
    • Special Education Law
    • Reading Readiness
    • Positive Behavior Management
    • Typical and Atypical Development
    • Collaboration Skills
    • Exceptional Learners I
    • Instructional Strategies for English Language Learners
    • Assessment and Intervention
    • Foundations of Special Education
    • Teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
    • Special Health, Movement
    • Curriculum and Environment

  • Level II
    • Advanced Leadership and Community
    • Advanced Studies in Early Childhood Special Education
    • Level II Seminar


Teaching Practicum

In year one and year two, it is the expectation that skills and knowledge gained in the coursework be directly applied to classroom teaching. A Practicum Supervisor works one-on-one with each intern to facilitate this process.


Benefits
  • Level I Early Childhood Special Education Credential with third year option for Level II
  • Scheduled to accommodate your work day (e.g. 5:00 - 8:00 pm classes)
  • Includes ELL / SADIE authorization (equivalent to CLAD)
  • Practical classroom application
  • Excellent faculty consisting of current or recent practitioners
  • Teach full-time while earning credential
  • Opportunity to participate in on-going professional development
  • One-to-one support
  • Cohort provides continual peer support
  • Instructors and director are accessible for advisement and help
  • Low cost tuition - $8,254 for first two years; TBD for third year. Books are included.
  • For Tulare County employees, automatic payroll deduction is available

For more information, contact:
Tulare County Office of Education
Teacher Induction Programs
Donna Glassman-Sommer
2500 W. Burrel Ave.
P.O. Box 5091
Visalia, CA 93278-5091
(559) 733-6398

donnags@tcoe.org or
karenp@tcoe.org or
normal@tcoe.org
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Tulare County Office of Education Authorized by Chapter 491, Statues of 2005, and funded by the California Department of Education through a contract between the Sacramento County Office of Education and the Tulare County Office of Education.