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Initial Certification in Special Education Adapted Curriculum course of study is for students seeking only teacher certification. Certification-only students complete a planned program that leads to a College of Education and Human Development recommendation to the Professional Standards Commission for certification K-12 as a teacher of Special Education Adapted Curriculum. The focus of the coursework is students with moderate, severe, and profound intellectual disabilities and students with autism spectrum disorders.
Pre-Service Certificate: Upon admission to a teacher education program, students will be contacted by the Office of Field Placements and Certification with instructions to claim enrollment in their program and submit a GaPSC Pre-Service Certificate Application. The pre-service certificate is required for placement in required field experiences or clinical practice.
Certification: Students must post passing scores on the GACE Content Assessment and Georgia Educator Ethics Assessment in order to be recommended by Georgia State University for clear, renewable certification.
For Georgia Professional Standards Commission (GaPSC) certification, students must earn a grade of “B” or higher in EXC 4020 Characteristics and Instructional Strategies for Students with Disabilities.
Program Academic Regulations
Students must earn a grade of “B” or higher in each course in the program. If the student earns a grade below “B” in a course, s/he must repeat that course. Students will be allowed to repeat a course in this manner one time. Students who fail to earn a grade of “B” or higher after taking the course a second time will be scholastically excluded from this program. Students must earn a grade of “B-” or higher in courses outside of the special education program.
Students in all Special Education fields must take the courses for the Georgia Professional Standards Commission Reading Endorsement if they have not completed 15 hours of a content concentration based on previous coursework in language arts, mathematics, science, or social studies. Successful completion of EXC 7010 , EXC 7190 , and EDRD 7650 qualifies an individual for the Reading Endorsement.
