Inclusive Elementary Educator Program (IEEP)
with Master’s Degree
The Graduate School of Education offers a dual licensure program in early childhood and elementary general and special education that also includes a master’s degree. This full-time program of integrated coursework and field experiences is completed over six terms. Students are licensed to teach early childhood and elementary (pre-K to grade 8) and special education. Faculty from both curriculum and instruction and special education departments are instructors in this program. This program reflects the rapidly changing nature of America’s schools, where a wide range of diverse learners can be found in most classrooms.
Requirements
Courses
| SpEd 537 | Reading Assessment & Instruction (Elementary) | 4 |
| ITP 535 | Cultivating Responsive Elementary Classrooms | 1 |
| ITP 509 | Initial Field Experience | 1 |
| Ed 530 | Introduction to Inclusion and Special Education | 2 |
| Ed 532 | Human Development and Learning | 3 |
| Ed 509 | Practicum of Children/Youth | 1-9 |
| Ed 534 | Literacy Methods for the Inclusive Classroom | 3 |
| SpEd 548 | Positive Behavior Support in the Classroom | 3 |
| ITP 539 | Elementary Mathematics Methods | 3 |
| Ed 535 | Classroom Based Assessment for the Inclusive Educator | 2 |
| Ed 531 | Planning and Instruction for Students with Special Needs | 3 |
| Ed 509 | Practicum of Children/Youth | 1-9 |
| ITP 514 | Educating for Equity and Social Justice | 3 |
| ITP 542 | Integrated Elementary Science Methods | 2 |
| ITP 538 | Integrated Methods and Curriculum Design | 1-6 |
| ITP 546 or 549 | Student Teaching II | 6* |
| Ed 536 | Educational Research and Inclusive Education | 3 |
| Ed 537 | Professional Seminar I: Law and Ethics | 1 |
| ITP 547 or 550 | Student Teaching III | 12* |
| ITP 509 | Initial Field Experience | 1 |
| SpEd 512 | Diagnostic Assessment | 4 |
| SpEd 509 | Practicum Special Ed | 2 |
| SpEd 525 | Student Teaching | 6 |
| SpEd 522 | Comprehensive Individualized Assessment and Curriculum 1 | 3 |
| SpEd 523 | Comprehensive Individualized Assessment and Curriculum II | 3 |
| Ed 542 | Collaboration for the Inclusive Elementary Educator | 2 |
| Ed 539 | Professional Seminar III: Reflection and Job Search | 1 |
| SpEd 506 | Special Problems | 1-6 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 95 |