Overview

Teaching students with special needs or disabilities requires a master’s degree in special education. Special education teaching master’s programs provide current and prospective teachers with the tools and knowledge necessary to take on the challenges of educating students with learning, emotional, behavioral, and/or physical disabilities.

Degree Description

The special education teaching master’s program focuses on the design and delivery of teaching and other educational services to children or adults with special learning needs or disabilities, and that may prepare students to function as special education teachers. The curriculum includes training students on how to diagnose learning disabilities, develop individual educational plans, teaching and supervising special education students, special education counseling, and applicable laws and policies. Courses focus on subjects including math and motor skills development, speech methods, stuttering, Braille, curriculum development for children with special needs and linguistics.

General Requirements

There are multiple requirements for current and prospective special education teachers. These requirements vary from state to state. Most individuals who become special education teachers earn an undergraduate degree, complete an approved training program in special education, and then become certified. All teachers, whether leading a special education classroom or a general education classroom, must be certified in every state in the United States.

Online Special Education Teaching Master Programs

• Capella University: MS in Special Education Teaching
• Liberty University: MEd in Teaching and Learning – Special Education
• Liberty University: MA in Teaching – Special Education