What is a CTC Preliminary Mild to Moderate Support Needs Special Education credential?

This program prepares candidates to teach mild to moderate disability special education students in special day classes, special schools, home/hospital settings, correctional facilities, non-public schools and agencies, and resource rooms. 
This rigorous, specialized program emphasizes personal interaction integrated within the theoretical framework of social and educational justice. It finds its firm foundation in the School of Education’s mission to strive for educational equity and access for all students. 

Combined coursework and fieldwork experiences are taken concurrently from the beginning of the program and require students to think critically and reflectively about the theory-to-practice continuum. The curriculum prepares candidates to support individuals with the following disabilities:

• Autism
• Deaf-blind
• Emotional disturbance
• Intellectual disability
• Multiple disabilities
• Other health impairment
• Orthopedic impairment
• Specific learning disability
• Traumatic brain injury

Why get your Special Education Credential at Redlands?

The University of Redlands provides small class sizes and one-on-one interaction with faculty, fostering the development of interpersonal skills and overall academic success. School of Education professors care deeply about their students, supporting each individual in reaching their potential.

Students learn in a well-mentored cohort group and receive classroom training and field experiences that accentuate coursework and case studies. This close-knit community setting builds confidence and tactical teaching skills in order to be compassionate, effective special education teachers.

Furthermore, credential courses are offered in the evenings, and online increasing access to this transformative program for students of all backgrounds.

Hybrid Program Options

A Special Education Teaching Credential can be obtained by students seeking only the credential as well as those pursuing the Master’s in Education: Learning and Teaching degree, providing two pathways to tailor to individual professional goals. The program is offered in a hybrid format, with certain class meetings conducted in-person and others held online synchronously. Some courses are offered 100% online, asynchronously.

Special Education Teaching Credential Program

• The program consists of 30–33 credit hours.
• Students take two evening courses per week.
• Students participate in 14 weeks of student teaching or a 14-week internship.

Master of Arts in Education: Learning and Teaching with Special Education Credential

• The program consists of 36–39 credit hours.
• Students take two evening courses per week or complete the coursework portion of the program entirely online.
• Students participate in 14 weeks of student teaching or a 14-week internship.
• The program will conclude with a final 14-week master’s seminar course.

Accreditation and Institutional Report Card

The Special Education Mild to Moderate Support Needs (MMSN)  Teaching Credential program is accredited by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CCTC).

Review the most recent Title II Annual Institutional report card and passage rates for the various programs offered in the state of California.