Inclusive adolescence major in Houghton college

The inclusive adolescence education major prepares you to teach students with disabilities at the secondary level.The inclusive adolescence education major is for you if you want to pursue special education credentials at the middle/high school level (grades 7-12.) This program equips you through coursework, field experiences and student teaching, and each component is designed for your ongoing development for leadership and service.Beginning with your first year in our program, you'll be immersed in a variety of field and coursework that requires the intentional critical thinking and action needed for today's classrooms. Diverse experiences within rural schools of Western New York and urban schools of Buffalo paired with coursework expectations provide a carefully scaffolded and challenging environment for you to develop as an emerging educator. Coursework covers topics such as theories of teaching and learning, literacy, special education, classroom management, curriculum, assessment, and content-specific teaching methods.Students who only want inclusive (special) education credentials major in inclusive adolescence education---generalist. Students wishing to earn an additional teaching certificate at the secondary level major in inclusive adolescence education and complete a second major in one of six areas---augmented history (for social studies), biology, chemistry, English, mathematics or physics ---and are required to complete 150 hours of field experience prior to student teaching.

Students that have attended high school outside of the United States and Canada must have your high school transcript(s) evaluated through one of these organizations

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