Education Specialist - Elementary Education
Admission Requirements
1. Candidates
must meet all
testing
requirements set
forth by the
Alabama State Department of Education. Contact the UNA
Certification Office for details.
2. Minimum grade
point average of
3.25 (4.0 scale)
on all master's
level
coursework.
3. A master's
level
professional
educator
certificate in
the same
teaching
field(s) in which the Class AA Professional Educator Certificate is
sought, except as prescribed below:
a. A teacher with a bachelor's-level professional
educator
certificate
in elementary education and a
master's-level
professional
educator certificate in reading
may be admitted
to a Class AA
program in elementary
education.
b. A teacher with a bachelor's-level professional
educator
certificate
in any teaching field and a
master's-level
professional
educator
certificate in English for
speakers of
other languages
may be
admitted to a Class AA program
in the same
teaching field
for
which the teacher holds a
bachelor's-level
professional
educator
certificate.
4. If an
individual is
admitted to an
Alabama Class AA
program based on
a master's-level professional educator certificate in another
state,
completes a Class AA program, and subsequently applies for
Alabama
certification at the Class AA level, then the individual must
earn at
least a Class A Professional Educator Certificate before
applying for
Class AA certification.
5. Courses
Required:
- National Board Certification OR
EED/EDS 705
NBPTS: Issues &
Trends
- EED/EDS/IL 709 Applied Research II
- 15 hours of advisor-approved coursework
- EEX 605 Survey of Students with Disabilities (if not
previously
completed)
- EDS 701 Professionalism and Ethics in the School Culture
- EDS 702 Applied Research I
- EDS 704 Culturally Proficient Leadership
- EDT/EDS 703 Digital-Age Leadership to Enhance Student
Learning
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