Educational Specialist (Ed.S.)
Degree Requirements
Advanced Graduate Study: Sixth-year (Post-master's) Programs
(Ed.S. and Class AA Certification)
Post-Master's or Sixth-Year Graduate Programs for Educational Specialist which lead to an (Ed.S.) Degree and Class AA (State of Alabama) Professional Certification for Instructional Specialist are available for qualified individuals in the areas listed below.
In addition to college requirements students seeking certification will have a graduate program committee plan a program based upon the student's training, experience and needs. This committee will determine if any prerequisite courses are needed.
Certifications
Elementary Education/Early Childhood
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | ||
| IDE 615 | Assess & Eval for Leaders | 3 |
| EDU/IDE 650 | Instructional Techniques | 3 |
| EDU/IDE 692 | Research Proj Seminar | 3 |
| Departmental 699 | 3 | |
| SPE 500 is taken only if the student has not had a recent equivalent. The course then becomes an added course to the program. | ||
| Elementary Education/Early Childhood Courses | ||
| EDF 615 | Sem in Ed Policy Studies | 3 |
| or EPY 602 | Advanced Theories of Learning | |
| EDU/IDE 640 | Instructional Development | 3 |
| EEC 601 | Advanced Seminar - | 3 |
| EEC 610 | Diag and Prescriptive Teaching | 3 |
| EEC 622 | Seminar in Curr-Inst Problems | 3 |
| EDL 607 | Lead Schs/Multicultural Soc | 3 |
| Total Hours | 30 | |
Secondary Education
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | ||
| IDE 615 | Assess & Eval for Leaders | 3 |
| EDU/IDE 650 | Instructional Techniques | 3 |
| EDU/IDE 692 | Research Proj Seminar | 3 |
| Departmental 699 | 3 | |
| SPE 500 is taken only if the student has not had a recent equivalent. The course then becomes an added course to the program. | ||
| Secondary Education Courses | ||
| EDU/IDE 640 | Instructional Development | 3 |
| EDL 607 | Lead Schs/Multicultural Soc | 3 |
| 12 semester hours from appropriate teaching field: English language arts, mathematics, science, or social science. | 12 | |
| Total Hours | 30 | |
Instructional Leadership Support Field
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | ||
| IDE 615 | Assess & Eval for Leaders | 3 |
| EDU/IDE 650 | Instructional Techniques | 3 |
| EDU/IDE 692 | Research Proj Seminar | 3 |
| Departmental 699 | 3 | |
| SPE 500 is taken only if the student has not had a recent equivalent. The course then becomes an added course to the program. | ||
| Instructional Leadership Support Field Courses | ||
| EDL 694 | Dir St and Research | 3 |
| EDL 607 | Lead Schs/Multicultural Soc | 3 |
| EDL 611 | Human Relations Skills | 3 |
| EDL 621 | Sem Prog Curriculum Dev | 3 |
| EDL 631 | Sem Ed Management Skills | 3 |
| EDL 695 | Mentoring Leadership | 3 |
| Total Hours | 30 | |
Reading Specialist
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | ||
| IDE 615 | Assess & Eval for Leaders | 3 |
| EDU/IDE 650 | Instructional Techniques | 3 |
| EDU/IDE 692 | Research Proj Seminar | 3 |
| Departmental 699 | 3 | |
| SPE 500 is taken only if the student has not had a recent equivalent. The course then becomes an added course to the program. | ||
| Reading Specialist Courses | ||
| EDL 607 | Lead Schs/Multicultural Soc | 3 |
| EDU/IDE 640 | Instructional Development | 3 |
| Select 12 hours from the following: | 12 | |
| Theor Lang Dev Tchg Reading | ||
| Socio Influences in Rdg Instr | ||
| Admn and Supv the Rdg Program | ||
| Diag - Rem Severe Rdg Disab | ||
| Psy Factors in Tchg Reading | ||
| Research in Reading | ||
| Literacy Coaching Teacher/Ldrs | ||
| Total Hours | 30 | |
Teacher Leader
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | ||
| IDE 615 | Assess & Eval for Leaders | 3 |
| EDU/IDE 650 | Instructional Techniques | 3 |
| EDU/IDE 692 | Research Proj Seminar | 3 |
| Departmental 699 | 3 | |
| SPE 500 is taken only if the student has not had a recent equivalent. The course then becomes an added course to the program. | ||
| Teacher Leader Courses | ||
| EDL 607 | Lead Schs/Multicultural Soc | 3 |
| EDU/IDE 640 | Instructional Development | 3 |
| LTE 645 | Curriculum Leadership | 3 |
| LTE 646 | Community Leadership | 3 |
| LTE 647 | Instructional Coaching | 3 |
| RED 648 | Literacy Coaching Teacher/Ldrs | 3 |
| Total Hours | 30 | |
Special Education
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | ||
| IDE 615 | Assess & Eval for Leaders | 3 |
| EDU/IDE 650 | Instructional Techniques | 3 |
| EDU/IDE 692 | Research Proj Seminar | 3 |
| Departmental 699 | 3 | |
| SPE 500 is taken only if the student has not had a recent equivalent. The course then becomes an added course to the program. | ||
| Special Education Courses | ||
| EDU/IDE 640 | Instructional Development | 3 |
| EDF 615 | Sem in Ed Policy Studies | 3 |
| or EPY 602 | Advanced Theories of Learning | |
| SPE 601 | Advanced Eval in SPE | 3 |
| SPE 609 | Adv Study of Excep Children | 3 |
| SPE 642 | Clinical Teaching I | 3 |
| SPE 643 | Clinical Teaching II | 3 |
| Total Hours | 30 | |