Early Childhood Development and Learning: Diverse Children and Families with Annotation in Severe/Multiple Disabilities (MSEd) 2.5-Year Course Sequence and Program Tracker

 
  • Academic Plan: ECSB2-MSED
  • Academic Subplan: ECSMDLNYSC
  • Credits: 53-60
  • This is a two-and-a-half-year accelerated plan with a Spring start and May/August graduation only, since student teaching only starts in the Fall. Only 7 credits can be waived of the ECC courses with proof of prior coursework using the Exemption Waiver Form.
  • Students who graduate from their teacher preparation programs in Fall 2023 or later, will be required to complete a teacher preparation assessment (TPA) as a requirement for program completion. As of April 2022, the Hunter College School of Education is reviewing the options for the TPA and we will have more information available for students in the coming months.

Spring Semester 1

Courses

Courses listed in order of priority

  • ECF 70000 – Child Development: Birth to Age Eight (3 credits, includes Fieldwork hours)
  • ECC 70300 – Early Childhood Curriculum: Birth through Grade 2 (3 credits, includes Fieldwork hours)
  • SPED 70000 – Issues and Practices in Educating Students with Disabilities (3 credits)

Summer Session 2-2

Courses

  • ECC 70900 – Mathematical and Scientific Thinking in Early Childhood (3 credits)
  • ECC 70600 – Language and Literacy: K through Grade 2 (3 credits)

Fall Semester 1

Courses

  • SPED 79000 – Foundations and Educational Implications of Severe/Multiple Disabilities (3 credits)
  • SPEDE 77200 – Positive Behavior Support (PBS) and Its Application to Young Children with Special Needs (3 credits, includes Fieldwork hours)
  • SPED 74600 – Educational Implications of Learners Who Are Deafblind (3 credits, includes Fieldwork hours)
  • SPEDE 77000 – Individualized Planning, Implementation and Progress Monitoring in Early Childhood (Birth through PreK) Environments and Curricula (3 credits, includes Fieldwork Hours)

Workshop

  • Dignity for All Students Act (DASA) Training –  The DASA workshop can be completed at Hunter College or outside of Hunter College. Take before applying to practicum. This is a graduation requirement.

Winter Session 1

Courses

  • ECC 71200 – Pre-Student Teaching Field Placements in Early Childhood (1 credit, 10 days in a school)
    • Application due prior semester,
    • Can only be waived with 1 year general education employment
    • Offered Fall, Winter, Spring, NOT summer

Exams

  • Educating All Students (EAS)
    • Passing is required prior to beginning student teaching or practicum

Spring Semester 2

Courses

  • SPED 79200 – Language Development and Alternative Communication Systems for Learners with Low Incidence Disabilities: Severe Disabilities including Deafblindness (3 credits, includes fieldwork hours)
  • SPEDE 77300 – Families, Parenting, and Family-Professional Partnerships: Theories, Research, and Practices (1.5 credits – part 1, includes Fieldwork hours)
  • SPEDE 77100 – Autism Spectrum Disorder: Characteristics and Implications for Intervention (3 credits, includes Fieldwork hours)
  • ECC 71300 – The Expressive Arts in Early Childhood (3 credits)

Exams

  • Content Specialty Test (CST) – Multisubject Early Childhood
    • Passing is required prior to beginning student teaching or practicum

Summer Session 2

Courses

  • HED 71500 – Health Education for Special Educators (1 credit)
  • ECC 70700 – Language and Literacy: English Language Learners (1 credit)
    • Also offered in the Winter

Exams

  • Content Specialty Test (CST) – Students with Disabilities
    • Passing is required prior to beginning student teaching or practicum

Fall Semester 2

Courses

  • SPED 79100 – Alternative Assessment for Learners with Low Incidence Disabilities: Visual Impairment, Deafblindness, and Severe Disabilities(3 credits, includes Fieldwork hours)
  • SPED 70700 – Research Seminar: Issues in Special Education (3 credits)
  • SPEDE 77300 – Families, Parenting, and Family-Professional Partnerships: Theories, Research, and Practices (1.5 credits – part 2, includes Fieldwork hours)

Student Teaching or Practicum

  • SPEDE 79550 – Pre K, Student Teaching in Early Childhood Special Education with an Annotation in Severe Multiple Disabilities (2 credits; we place you for 3 days a week for 12 weeks)

OR

  • SPEDE 79552 – Pre K, Practicum in Early Childhood Special Education with an Annotation in Severe Multiple Disabilities (2 credits; you find full employment with students with severe/ multiple disabilities)

Spring Semester 3

Courses

  • SPED 70650 – Strategies and Curriculum Adaptations for Learners with Severe/Multiple Disabilities (3 credits, includes Fieldwork hours)
  • SPED 79300 – Total Communication for Learners with Severe/Multiple Disabilities (2 credits, includes Fieldwork hours)
  • SPEDE 77400 – Adaptations for Individual Learners Across the K-2 Curriculum (3 credits, includes Fieldwork hours)

Student Teaching or Practicum (2 Semesters Required)

Students must prepare a portfolio of materials in conjunction with their second semester clinical experience to demonstrate readiness to teach including lesson plans and unedited video recordings of themselves at work in the classroom.

  • SPEDE 79550 – K-2, Student Teaching in Early Childhood Special Education with an Annotation in Severe Multiple Disabilities (2 credits; we place you for 3 days a week for 12 weeks)

OR

  • SPEDE 79552 – K-2, Practicum in Early Childhood Special Education with an Annotation in Severe Multiple Disabilities (2 credits; you find full employment with students with severe/ multiple disabilities)

Apply for

Graduation

Students must apply for graduation the semester before their planned graduation. Refer to the Graduation and Commencement page for full policies and procedures.

Certification

Students must apply for certification in their final semester. Refer to the Certification page for requirements and step by step instructions.

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