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Graduate Certification Programs in Special Education, Cross Categorical


This certificate is administered by the School of Education Office of Graduate Studies & Professional Development .

If you have prior certification in a special education area prior to January 2011 and would like to pursue Cross Categorical certification, you will need to complete EDUC 790 , Competencies in Cross Categorical Instruction. If your certification is not from UW-Stevens Point, or if you earned your special education certification through another university, please refer to our Cross Categorical Add-on webpage:  http://www.uwsp.edu/education/Documents/Graduate/Certifications/801CrossCatSpecEd.pdf

 

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATION/LICENSURE DISCLOSURE (NC-SARA)

The United States Department of Education requires institutions that provide distance education to disclose information for programs leading to professional certification or licensure about whether each program meets state educational requirements for initial licensure or certification. Following is this disclosure information for this program:

 

The requirements of this program meet Certification/Licensure in the following states:

Wisconsin

 

The requirements of this program do not meet Certification/Licensure in the following states:

Not applicable

 

The requirements of this program have not been determined if they meet Certification/Licensure in the following states:

Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wyoming; District of Columbia; American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands

State-Mandated Tests


  • Demonstrate content knowledge by either:
  1. obtaining a 3.00 or higher in required coursework for this license, or
  2. submitting passing scores on the required Praxis Subject Assessment exams. 

You must meet one of the above requirements for teacher licensure.

  • Pass the state-mandated Foundations of Reading Test. Teachers with a Wisconsin lifetime license are not required to pass this test.