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Feb 01, 2025
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2004-2005 Graduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED BULLETIN]
C.A.S. in Teaching Students With Severe or Multiple Disabilities
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Associate Professor Schwartz, Graduate Program Director, (516) 463-5778, cprdcs@hofstra.edu
The Advanced Certificate for Teaching Students with Severe or Multiple Disabilities
is designed for teachers who are certified in special education who wish additional
pedagogical knowledge, skills, and experiences for Teaching Students with Severe
or Multiple Disabilities in early childhood, childhood, middle childhood, or adolescence.
The goal of this annotation program is to prepare teachers to effectively meet
the needs of students with Severe or multiple disabilities using varied and alternate
strategies for developing communication and language skills, as well as functional
curriculum in content areas. Teacher knowledge of the application of assistive
technology and the use of alternative assessment methods are considered essential
to effective instruction. This program leads to the New York State Annotation
for Teaching Students With Severe or Multiple Disabilities (students may select
from one of the two Programs listed on the following page).
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Admission Requirements
Applicants for the Annotation for Teaching Students with Severe or Multiple Disabilities
must be certified in special education. Program Requirements - Semester Hours: 16
Program Requirements for Early Childhood (Birth-Grade 2) Program Requirements - Semester Hours: 16
Program Requirements for Childhood Adolescent (Grades 7-12) Graduation Requirements
For All Certificate/Diploma Programs
- Completion of all program requirements.
- A minimum grade point average of 3.0 in overall graduate course work.
Teacher Certification Requirements
Upon successful completion of a teacher education program, students will be eligible
to apply for the University’s recommendation for New York State Certification.
For Initial Certification, students are required to have passing scores on each
of the New York State Teacher Certification Examinations (NYSTCE): the Liberal
Arts and Sciences Test (LAST), the Assessment of Teaching Skills-Written (ATS-W),
and the appropriate Content Specialty Tests (CST’s). Students not receiving passing
scores on all New York State required examinations will not be eligible for certification.
In addition, all students who are recommended by Hofstra’s Advisement and Certification
Office must attend seminars in Child Abuse and Maltreatment, Substance Abuse,
Fire and Arson and Safe Schools Against Violence (Project SAVE). It is strongly
recommended that students complete the Liberal Arts and Sciences Test (LAST) prior
to student teaching and the ATS-W and the appropriate CST during student teaching.
Please contact the Advisement and Certification Office for information regarding
the fingerprinting requirement and any other specific requirements regarding certification. |
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