Special Education Program
All certification candidates must complete an electronic professional portfolio and pass the Praxis tests (Pre-Professional Skills Test (PPST) & Praxis II Middle School Content Test #0146).
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Portfolio information can be found at: www.uwlax.edu/des/desportfolio and http://www.uwlax.edu/its/student/d2l_ep/
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Praxis test information can be found at: www.ets.org/praxis
Program tracks:
SPE candidates can earn certification in one of five program
tracks.
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undergraduate degree-seeking certification minor
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undergraduate non-degree-seeking (add-on)
certification sequence
NOTE: Federal financial aid is not available for students pursuing an ad-on teaching certification. Private
educational loan opportunities are also limited for non-degree seeking students.
Admissions to the Special Education Graduate Program are
currently on hold.
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graduate initial certification w/ Master’s
degree
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graduate add-on certification w/ Master’s degree
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graduate add-on certification w/o Master’s
degree
Developmental ranges:
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Middle Childhood-Early Adolescence (ages 6-13
years)
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Early Adolescence-Adolescence (ages 10-21 years)
Undergraduate degree-seeking candidates
complete a minor in special education and a major in
Middle-Childhood-Early Adolescence (MC-EA) or a content area
major at the Early Adolescence-Adolescence (EA-A) developmental
range.
Undergraduate non-degree-seeking (add-on) certification
candidates
complete a special education course sequence in
Middle-Childhood-Early Adolescence (MC-EA) or Early
Adolescence-Adolescence (EA-A) education.
Candidates holding a baccalaureate degree in education may
choose to earn add-on Cross-Categorical Special Education
licensure at the undergraduate level only.
Graduate candidates
complete certification requirements in either an ‘initial’
certification with Master’s degree or ‘add-on’ certification
with Master’s degree optional program track at the same
developmental range options as undergraduate candidates.
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Graduate Certification Courses Without Statutory
Licensure Requirements (pdf)
Graduate students may earn a Master of Science in Education in
Special Education degree. Those students earning an initial
teacher education certification MUST complete the Master’s
degree requirements along with certification requirements.
Candidates holding a valid Wisconsin Teaching license or provide
evidence of eligibility may choose to ‘add-on’ certification
with or without a Master’s degree.
All Special Education candidates should talk with the Special
Education Program Director, Dr. Carol Angell, (cangell@uwlax.edu)
for advising.