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Endorsements

Note: For more information on all of the endorsements offered throughout the year, please visit http://www.simpson.edu/education/programs/endorsements.html.

Although each candidate must have their transcripts evaluated for individual requirements, most licensed elementary classroom teachers need the following classes for each endorsement.

Courses in bold are offered this summer 2012.

Endorsement #260: Elementary Special Education Instructional Strategist I (K-8)

Educ 505 Children within Families, Schools, and the Community
Educ 513 Foundations of Special Education
Educ 515 Assessment for Reading and Early Childhood
Educ 517/517L Corrective and Remedial Reading
Educ 518 Assessment for Special Education
Educ 524 Elementary methods of Special Education
Educ 533 Classroom Management for Special Education
Educ 5xx Remedial Math
Educ 588SS Student Teaching in Elementary Special Education
May also need the following course if not completed previously:
(Educ 312/512 Education, Collaboration, and Differentiation for Students with Special Needs)

Endorsement #106: Early Childhood Education (PK-Gr3)

Educ 505 Children within Families, Schools, and the Community
Educ 515 Assessment for Reading and Early Childhood
Educ 517/517L Corrective and Remedial Reading
Educ 525 Early Childhood Programs: Development, Organization, and Supervision
Educ 526 Language and Communication
Educ 528 Classroom Management for General Education
Educ 531 Introduction to Early Childhood
Educ 532 Early Childhood Curricula and Methodology
Educ 588SS Student Teaching in Early Childhood Education
May also need the following courses if not completed previously:
(Educ 114 Foundations of Education – Field Experience)
(Educ 165 Human Growth and Development)
(Educ 300 Reading and Language Arts Education)
(Educ 303 Science and Health Education)
(Educ 304 Math Education)
(Educ 305 Social Studies Education)
(Educ 312/512 Education, Collaboration, and Differentiation for Students with Special Needs)

Endorsement #148: Elementary Reading (K-8)

Educ 515 Assessment for Reading and Early Childhood
Educ 517/517L Corrective and Remedial Reading
Educ 520 Reading in the Content Areas
Educ 526 Language and Communication
May also need the following courses if not completed previously:
(Eng 102 Composition and Rhetoric II or Eng 103 First Year Honor Seminar)
(Educ 237/537 Children’s Literature)
(Educ 300 Reading and Language Arts Education)

Licensed secondary level teachers typically need the following courses to add the secondary special education endorsement:

Endorsement #261: Secondary Special Education Instructional Strategist I (5-12)

Educ 513 Foundations of Special Education
Educ 518 Assessment for Special Education
Educ 520 Content Area Reading
Educ 527 Secondary methods of Special Education
Educ 533 Classroom Management for Special Education
Educ 547 Collaboration, Consultation, Career Education, and Transitions for Special Education
Educ 588SS Student Teaching in Secondary Special Education
May also need the following courses if not completed previously:
(Educ 312/512 Education, Collaboration, and Differentiation for Students with Special Needs)
(Educ 316/516 Secondary Education and Practicum)

Last Updated: 1/20/12