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Education Specialist Credential for Special Education

Careers

Upon completing the undergraduate portion of the program, UTEC students enrolled in the Special Education MA program have the opportunity to work full-time in a Bay Area school district and receive a full-time teacher’s salary while going through the program.

Job Titles

Graduates of the MA in Special Education include:

  • Adjunct Professor
  • Special Day Class Teacher
  • Resource Specialist Teacher
  • Program Specialist
  • Intervention Specialist
  • Instructional Coach
  • Beginning Teacher Support and Assessment Coordinator
  • Special Education Department Head
  • Transition Specialist
  • Adaptive Technology Specialist
  • Technology Consultant

While working in Bakersfield City School District in a classroom for students with emotional disabilities, I came across a kindergarten student who was having a challenging time. I wanted to know his life story that led him here and how I could help him cope, regulate, and manage his difficult feelings — channel them into something else — transform them.”

Ericca Chavez ’27