College of Education
COE Extended Studies - Special Ed. Added Endorsement
Special Education Generalist: Added Endorsement Program
Welcome to the Online Special Education
Generalist: Added Endorsement Program. Here you will find:
General Information
The UCCS Online Special Education Additional Endorsement Program is designed for students who already hold a teaching license in another area of education (for example, elementary or secondary teachers wanting to become endorsed in Special Education). The program consists of 28 credit hours and can be completed in four semesters via the Internet using e-College. This is not an initial licensure program. You must hold a valid teaching license to enroll.
Required Coursework
SPED 5003 Classroom and Instructional Management
This course will examine evidence-based approaches for providing classroom and instructional
managem ent. The emphasis is on:
- effective instructional procedures,
- individual and classroom behavior management strategies, and
- principles of app lied behavior analysis.
15 hours of field experience is required.
SPED 5004 Self-Determination and Transition
This course presents self-determination and development, implementation, and evaluation
of self-managem ent instructional programs for students. Service delivery models,
issues, and intervention approaches are examined in light of efficacy research.
Emphasis is upon using self-management and learning strategies to facilitate self-determination.
15 hours of field experience is required.
SPED 5010 Multisensory Structured Language Education
Introduces the content and skills of instruction for students with learning disabilities.
Includes research-based strategies in phonemic awareness, phonics, spelling, reading
fluency, vocabulary and comprehension. Students work with a tutorial student and
evaluate teaching skills through small group coaching sessions.
SPED 5011 Assessment and Instructional Monitoring
This course examines evaluation concepts and assessments attending to curriculum-based
individual-referenced measures, standardized assessments, and large-scale criterion-referenced
tests characteristic of most statewide programs. Emphasis will be placed on aligning
curriculum , instruction, and assessment.
15 hours of field experience is required.
SPED 5020 Significant Support Needs
This course presents the development, implementation, and evaluation
of instructional programs for students with severe cognitive and physical needs
at the elementary and secondary levels. Service delivery models, issues, and intervention
approaches are examined in light of efficacy research.
30 hours of field experience is required.
SPED 5021 Positive Behavioral Intervention and Support
This course examines positive behavior support from philosophical, theoretical,
individual, and systemic perspectives. Emphasizes characteristics of students with
challenging behavior, functional behavioral assessment, school-wide, classroom,
and non-classroom PBS models and interventions, and models for family and community
positive behavioral support.
20 hours of field experience is required.
SPED 5022 Consultation and Collaboration
This course critically analyzes issues, research, implementation approaches, and
recommended practices for employing collaborative models to support learning across
diverse school and community settings. Students will access and evaluate community
resources, develop and maintain interdisciplinary and interagency partnerships.
20 hours of field experience is required.
SPED 5030 Elementary/ Secondary Internship
Students are requ ired to apply an d integ rate research-based practices in an educational
setting. Student teachers will work with a wide range of students with special needs
in programs that utilize practices congruent with the UCCS Special Education Program.
This internship must be completed at the opposite K-12 age range from SPED 4031/5031.
CURR 5410 Informal Diagnosis and Remediation of Reading
Causes of low reading ability and techniques employed in teaching the poor reader,
diagnosis, motivation, and skills.
Program Costs
- Tuition per credit hour $421*
- Technology Fee (per course) $99*
*UCCS online tuition may be subject to change
The College of Education programs are fully accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education and we are approved by the Colorado Department of Education and the Colorado Commission of Higher Education.
Contact Us
Extended Studies Programs
Departmental office is located in Columbine Hall 4014.
Phone: (719) 262-4134 Fax: (719) 262-3915
Cindy Brown
Phone: (719) 262-4344 email: cbrown@uccs.edu