Online Transition to Teaching Special Education Graduate Certificate
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Be the reason a child loves to learn. Designed for students seeking initial licensure in Indiana, the online Transition to Teaching (TTT) in Special Education (SPED) program helps you understand the unique challenges and needs of many students in our classrooms today. It also prepares you for licensure with practical coursework, direct experience working with children and families, and faculty with relevant teaching backgrounds.
Applicants for the TTT in SPED program must have earned a bachelor’s or master’s degree in the subject area of special education. Don’t meet the admission requirements? Check out IWU’s Special Education Teacher Training Certificate program, which will help you prepare and transition smoothly into the TTT program.
If you’re interested in teaching special education, you can complete this 100% online program in approximately two years. You don’t need to pause your life to earn your degree, and you’ll graduate with a professional growth plan, a classroom management plan, and a behavior intervention plan.
Why Pursue My Special Education Teaching Certificate Online at IWU?
Our highly qualified faculty have extensive, practical experience in special education and offer faith-based guidance that will help you grow academically and personally. Our Christian faculty teach from the same biblical worldview valued on our campus, so that students can implement these principles in a special education career. You’ll graduate ready for Indiana employment, with background checks, fingerprinting, and trainings already completed. Additionally, our tuition guarantee lets you lock in your tuition cost at the beginning of your program.
What Will I Learn in a Special Education Teaching Program?
Upon completion of the special education teaching program, you’ll be equipped to create developmentally appropriate instructional practices and lesson plans that support healthy development of students with special needs and their families.
What Makes IWU Different?
IWU has provided on-campus education for more than 100 years.
Faith-integrated curriculum and a commitment to changing the world.
Center for Student Success for counseling, tutoring, and more!
Financial aid is available in the form of grants, loans, scholarships, veterans’ benefits, and employer reimbursement.
These courses contain the program-specific knowledge. Upon completion, you should have the tools to conquer your new career with confidence.
+ EDUT-563 | Learning Processes, Diversity, and Development of P-12 Students | 3 Hours
+ EDSE-515 | Foundations, Practices, and Skills of Special Education | 3 Hours
+ EDSE-525 | Providing Language and Literacy Instruction to Enhance Assessment and Data-Based Reading Interventions for Students With Exceptionalities | 3 Hours
+ EDSE-535 | Methods for Supporting Students With Behavioral Needs and Autism Spectrum Disorder | 3 Hours
+ EDUT-573 | Reading Strategies and the P-12 Learning Environment | 3 Hours
+ EDUT-583 | Methods and Assessment for P-12 Educators | 3 Hours
+ EDSE-595 | Student Teaching: Special Education | 3 Hours
These courses contain the program-specific knowledge. Upon completion, you should have the tools to conquer your new career with confidence. For a full list of courses required to complete your degree, please visit the course catalog. Click on a course below to view the description.
EDUT-563,EDSE-515,EDSE-525,EDSE-535,EDUT-573,EDUT-583,EDSE-595
NOTE: Applicants should be aware that Indiana State Legislation has mandated that expanded background checks are required for those working with students in Indiana schools. Applicants will also be required to adhere to any additional State Mandates required for educators. Though candidates will be required to submit an initial background check that is acceptable to the university as a part of their application materials, that successful background report will only serve to gain admittance to that academic program. School corporations are governed by a locally elected Board of Trustees who set policy for their school corporation. All accepted candidates should understand that additional background checks at the candidate's expense will most likely be required by school corporations before participating in clinical experiences.
All Transition to Teaching Special Education candidates will be required to provide passing scores for Indiana's approved content area examination(s) based on the following schedule, or will be administratively withdrawn from the program:
Upon completion of the Transition to Teaching Special Education Program, candidates will be recommended for Special Education Educator Licensure in the state of Indiana. Candidates seeking licensure in states other than Indiana bear the responsibility to determine whether completion of the IWU Transition to Teaching Special Education program will meet the academic and assessment requirements of the state in which licensure is sought.
Indiana Wesleyan University is accredited by The Higher Learning Commission (HLC), www.hlcommission.org, 312-263-0456. Other accreditations and associations of Indiana Wesleyan University are available at www.indwes.edu/about/iwu-profile/accreditation.
Education programs at Indiana Wesleyan University are accredited by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP), 1140 19th Street, Suite 400, Washington, D.C. 20036, 202-223-0077.
