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Special Education teachers are certified to teach students in all grades from Early Childhood through 12th grade. To be considered academically prepared, your official transcript must show a total of 24 semester hours in the following combination of subjects with at least a 2.75 grade point average (GPA) and no grade lower than a "C." Semester hours (sh) are the course hours for which you received credit in your prior academic career. None of the mentioned 24 hours are required to be upper level hours. Additionally, you must have attained a minimum overall GPA of 2.75.

EC-12 Special Education Academic Requirements

In order to teach

Qualifying coursework recorded on official transcripts

EC-12 Special Education

24 semester hours (sh) consisting of:

  • 3 sh English
  • 3 sh Mathematics (college algebra or above)
  • 3 sh Laboratory Science (biology, physics, chemistry, earth science)
  • 3 sh Social Science (history, government/political science, economics or geography)
  • 12 additional sh in a combination of the disciplines above