Special Education, B.A. (Online Working Professionals)

The online undergraduate Special Education program will offer a Bachelor of Arts degree, aimed at preparing degree completers, current working professionals in the field of special education with some higher education coursework, and community college transfer for careers as state certified special education teachers.
As with the residential undergraduate program, the online major in Special Education PK12 is designed to prepare special educators for initial PA teacher certification to work with diverse individuals with disabilities, their families, and related service providers in birth-age 22 settings, across 13 categories of disability. This program is designed around four major themes: inclusion and diversity; evidence-based, culturally responsive pedagogy; collaboration and consultation; and leadership.
Program outcomes are based, in part, on PDE PreK-12 Special Education Educator Certification, PDE Common Ground Framework Competencies, PDE Ethical Educator Standards and Structured Literacy Standards (as per guidelines) together with Pre-service Educator (BA), PDE content course requirements, and University General Education/AUC requirements. In addition, all fieldwork and practicum experiences outcomes are based on the PDE Field Experience and Student Teaching Competencies.