Preparing for A Career in Teaching (PACT)
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I want to be an Educational Specialist
An educational specialist works with students who have special needs. The individual holding this credential may work with pre-school, elementary, middle school, or high school students. Regardless of which age group and area you choose to work, special education services are designed to meet the educational, social, emotional, and vocational needs of young children and students with specially designed instruction that often incorporates related disabilities. The credentialing institution that you attend will ask you to select a specific program from the following Areas of Specialization:
Mild/Moderate Disabilities (M/M)
Includes specific learning disabilities; mild to moderate mental retardation; attention deficit and attention deficit hyperactivity disorders; serious emotional disturbance; and authorizes service in grades K–12 and in classes organized primarily for adults through age 22.
Moderate/Severe Disabilities (M/S)
Includes autism; deaf-blindness; moderate to severe mental retardation; multiple disabilities; serious emotional disturbance; and authorizes service in grades K–12 and in classes organized primarily for adults through age 22.
Deaf and Hard of Hearing (DHH)
Includes deafness; hearing impairment; deaf-blindness; and authorizes service to individuals ages birth through 22.
Visual Impairments (VI)
Includes blindness; visual impairment; deaf-blindness; and authorizes service to individuals ages birth through 22.
Physical and Health Impairments (PHI)
Includes orthopedic impairment; other health impairment; multiple disabilities; traumatic brain injury; and authorizes service to individuals ages birth through 22.
Early Childhood Special Education (ECSE)
Includes the mild/moderate and moderate/severe disabilities listed above, and authorizes service to children ages birth to pre-kindergarten only.
For more information visit: http://www.ctc.ca.gov/credentials/leaflets/cl808c.pdf.
Also, one should always consider increasing one’s marketability through opening up options to teach several subjects. Cal State Fullerton’s Center for Careers in Teaching has offered some advice for students seeking to do so here (http://ed.fullerton.edu/SecEd/Credential_Prog/Increasing_Teaching_Capacity.htm ) Open positions can be found at EdJoin (http://www.edjoin.org/ )
For other questions, please contact the TPP Counselors:
Carol Lerman - clerman@saddleback.edu or
Terence Nelson - tnelson14@saddleback.edu
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