Special Education with Credential - Santa Rosa

Program Highlights

• Credential includes authorization to teach English language learners and authorization to teach students with Autism Spectrum Disorder 

• Paid teaching positions in Northern California public schools throughout the duration of the program 

• A summer semester start to meet course requirements for a University Intern Credential by the end of the first semester of the program. Classes are held 2 nights a week and Saturdays from May-July to prepare for your first teaching assignment

• Thereafter, classes meet 1 night a week and most Saturdays. One class is taken at a time with 3-5 classes taken in a semester

• Extensive supervision and mentoring, on the job and in class, providing the support to meet job, program, and state requirements

• Highly qualified instructors have extensive experience in working with a wide-range of students with disabilities

• A close-knit cohort program with small, personalized classes that emphasize theory to practice grounded in culturally responsive pedagogy and universal design for learning

• Can be combined with our Bilingual Authorization Certification which prepares Spanish- bilingual teachers to be strong advocates for Bilingual Education