Licensure/Endorsement/M.Ed. in Special Education
 


The Licensure/Endorsement/M.Ed. programs in special education are designed to meet the rapidly expanding need for well-trained special education teachers. Offered in cooperation with the U.Va. Curry School of Education, the licensure program is designed to prepare those without teaching experience, career changers, persons with provisional licenses, and general education teachers to teach students with mild disabilities. Three additional courses and comprehensive exams complete the requirements for the M.Ed. in special education. 

Prerequisites

  • Earned a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university (concentration does not matter)
  • Hold a five-year renewable license OR
  • Submit passing PRAXIS I scores OR
  • Submit copies of SAT scores
    • Before April 1995, combined 1000, with at least 450 verbal and 510 math
    • After April 1995, combined 1100, with at least 530 each verbal and math

Plan Now to Prepare for the GREs (GREs must be completed and submitted with your application by July 1, 2010)

Review for GRE Verbal Test
NCED 175/$300
Available January 25 - May 10
Reviews and extends the vocabulary, writing and reading comprehension skills needed to prepare to take and pass the verbal sections of the Graduate Record Examination.   The course is fully online and is self-paced.

Review for GRE Mathematics Test
NCED 114/ $273
Available February 15 - April 30
Reviews the mathematical skills necessary for passing the math component of the Graduate Record Examination.  The course is fully online and is self-paced.  

Come to an Information session
October 27, 5:30 -7:30 p.m. Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center, Room 218
October 28, 5:30 -7:30 p.m. Wise County Education Center, Tiled Classroom

 

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Contact


Beth Potts, Program
potts@virginia.edu
703-536-1129

Mary Quillen, Program
mquillen@virginia.edu
276-619-4312

Kelly Merryman, GRE Math
kmerryman@virginia.edu
703-536-1133
 



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(applications due July 1, 2010)

View Proposed Sequence of Courses (Scheduled for Fall 2010
through Spring 2013)