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SPECIAL EDUCATION CERTIFICATION
The Hartwick College Teacher Education Program is designed to train confident, reflective, knowledgeable, caring teachers who aspire to become educational leaders.
The program is approved by the New York State Education Department to include special education certification.
Where degrees in special education can take you
Special education students continue to major in an academic area while working to complete all of the necessary courses for the special education certification. Students will have the option to pursue dual certification in Childhood (1-6) or a Students with Disabilities Generalist (7-12) certificate.
Certificates leading to teaching students with special needs:
- Dual Childhood/Special Education (Grades 1-6)
- Students with Disabilities Generalist Certificate (Grades 7-12)