Inclusive Education M.Ed.

Individualized Generalized Curriculum Concentration

The Master of Education in Inclusive Education, with a concentration in Individualized General Curriculum (special education) meets the Georgia Professional Standards Commission (GAPSC) standards for certification of Individualized General Education Program and endorsement in the content area of Reading as well as the national standards established by the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) and is part of KSU’s teacher education unit fully accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) and the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC).

The Master of Education in Inclusive Education-Individualized Generalized Curriculum prepares professional teacher leaders with advanced knowledge, skills and understanding of:

• Characteristics, procedures, curriculum and instructional methods for students with disabilities
• Assessment, documentation, communication and accommodations for students with disabilities
• Ethical services for students with disabilities from preschool to adulthood
• Collaborative structures serving students with disabilities
• Adolescent literacy development;
• Teaching reading and writing to adolescents;
• Meeting the needs of students who read at diverse levels; and
• Strategies to facilitate all students’ learning from content area texts.

The program uses a cross-categorical model that reflects the needs of teachers serving students with disabilities in P-12 inclusive classroom settings. Course work emphasizes the similarities and highlights the differences among students with disabilities and includes a life-span perspective addressing issues from preschool through transition to post-secondary or employment. The course sequence includes courses that link theory and practice through field experience and culminates with a supervised internship. The requirements for the degree of Master of Education in Inclusive Education may be met by completing an approved program of 36 semester hours of graduate course work, including preparing and presenting a portfolio documenting professional growth.

Candidates are admitted in cohort groups and take courses with the cohort group to maximize acquisition of skills and interaction with each other.

Program Total (36 Credit Hours)

Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Concentration

The Master of Education in Inclusive Education, with a concentration in TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) meets the Georgia Professional Standards Commission (GAPSC) standards for the degree and is part of KSU’s teacher education unit fully accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE).

The Master of Education in Inclusive Education, with a concentration in TESOL uses a collaborative model that reflects the needs of teachers to serve English language learners in P-12 inclusive educational settings. Course work emphasizes the commonalities and differences of the instructional needs of diverse students and highlights specific practices to foster language acquisition while simultaneously teaching content.

Class assignments are predominantly performance-based and require KSU graduate students to document the impact of their instruction on the achievement of their P-12 students in content aligned with the Georgia Performance Standards (GPS).

The requirements for the M.Ed. in Inclusive Education: TESOL may be met by completing an approved program of 36 semester hours of graduate course work, including a field experience component and preparing and presenting a professional portfolio.

Program Total (36 Hours)