{"id":198,"date":"2024-04-26T10:23:29","date_gmt":"2024-04-26T15:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/special-education\/?page_id=198"},"modified":"2026-01-16T15:02:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T21:02:10","slug":"msped-pathway-three","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/special-education\/msped-pathway-three\/","title":{"rendered":"MSpEd Pathway Three"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"intro\">You currently hold a Tier 3 or 4 teaching license in an area other than special education, want to be a fully licensed special education teacher, and earn your master&rsquo;s degree.<\/p>\n<h2>Program Requirements<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Credit Requirements: <\/strong>32 Credits (required number of credits depends on past coursework)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Program Length:<\/strong> 5-6 semesters of coursework (including summer semesters)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Courses: <\/strong>11-12 courses<\/li>\n<li>Special Education Licensure Practicum Experience (can be completed in your own classroom if you are currently teaching on a tier 3 license).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Pathway Three Coursework<\/h2>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Course Number<\/th>\n<th>Course Title<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>SPED 5600<\/td>\n<td>Foundations of Special Education<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>ED 5201<\/td>\n<td>LA I<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SPED 5655<\/td>\n<td>Due Process Foundations<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SPED 6605<\/td>\n<td>Due Process: Evaluation<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SPED 5715<\/td>\n<td>Foundations of Instruction for Special Educators<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SPED 5650<\/td>\n<td>Collaboration: Parents, Practitioners, and Professional<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SPED 6603<\/td>\n<td>Math Methods<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SPED 6608<\/td>\n<td>Reading Methods<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SPED 6650<\/td>\n<td>Advanced Practicum Strategies<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span class=\"s17\">To add ASD<\/span><span class=\"s17\"> OR <\/span><span class=\"s17\">SLD<\/span><span class=\"s17\"> OR <\/span><span class=\"s17\">EBD<\/span><span class=\"s17\"> license, disability- specific courses will be reflected in your plan.<\/span><\/p>\n<table>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th>Course Number<\/th>\n<th>Course Title<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>SPED 5665<\/td>\n<td>Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SPED 6560<\/td>\n<td>Autism Spectrum Disorders Methods<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SPED 6660<\/td>\n<td>Advanced Autism Spectrum Disorders Methods<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SPED 5620<\/td>\n<td>Specific Learning Disabilities Methods<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SPED 6620<\/td>\n<td>Advanced SLD Methods<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SPED 6530<\/td>\n<td>Emotional Behavior Disorder Methods<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SPED 6630<\/td>\n<td>Advanced EBD Methods<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>SPED 6650<\/td>\n<td>Special Education Licensure Practicum<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You currently hold a Tier 3 or 4 teaching license in an area other than special education, want to be a fully licensed special education teacher, and earn your master&rsquo;s degree. Program Requirements Credit Requirements: 32 Credits (required number of credits depends on past coursework) Program Length: 5-6 semesters of coursework (including summer semesters) Courses: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":528,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-198","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/special-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/special-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/special-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/special-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/528"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/special-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/special-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":244,"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/special-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/198\/revisions\/244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bemidjistate.edu\/academics\/special-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}