Literacy and Special Education, MSEd

Be Ahead of the Class

• Get hired. Our strong partnerships with local school districts mean that our students are getting hired before they even graduate.
• Integrate key knowledge and dispositions necessary to teach in today’s modern classrooms. Our coursework includes applications of technology to address the specific needs of all learners, including students with disabilities and culturally and linguistically diverse students.
• Become media smart. Our instruction using and teaching use of apps and media, for literacy learning and content area activities, is engaging and informative.
• We are a proud member of the Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation (AAQEP), an accreditation organization for educator preparation programs that promotes the preparation of effective educators through innovative, outcomes-focused programs that engage education’s toughest challenges, directly and in context.

Take Courses Like…

Our Literacy Specialist and Special Education MSEd will readily equip you to teach diverse populations of students with various ranges of learning abilities. Coursework is offered in Research, Differentiated Teaching Methods, Diagnosis and Assessment, Technological Integration, Writing and Media Production, and Literature. Classes are conveniently offered in the evening and include face-to-face, hybrid, and online coursework in lecture, fieldwork, and practica experiences.

• EDG 607 Supporting Positive Behavior and Autonomy
• ED 650 Research/Theory in Developing Literacy
• ED 677 Literacy for Children with Special Needs

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Experiential Learning and Opportunities 

The practica will take place in the final semester in which you will complete 50-hours in literacy and 40 hours in special education in early and intermediate level placements for the childhood track, and young adolescent and high school level placements for the adolescent track. There is also an opportunity to present papers and research at local professional conferences. And finally, school-based tutoring experiences are assignments in many of our classes.

Choose Your Career

Once you pass the New York State Certification Exams, you will become a certified Literacy Specialist (All grades Birth - 12) and Special Education Specialist in your chosen track (Childhood grades 1-6 or Adolescent 7-12). Explore career paths such as literary specialists, coaches, and special education teachers in special education or inclusive classrooms.

Where are Pace Graduates Employed?

NYC Department of Education, Dutchess, Putnam, Rockland, and Westchester School Districts