Bachelor of Science [B.S] [Collaborative Special Education] From University of Alabama

The undergraduate Collaborative Teacher Program (CTP) prepares students to work in general and special education settings with children and youth who have a wide range of disabilities. Students in the CTP take the majority of their courses together, work on numerous collaborative assignments and projects with their peers and their instructors, and participate in a number of practicums in a variety of educational settings. The final semester of the CTP program is devoted to a full-time teaching internship in a local education agency appropriate to the teaching certificate option selected. Mentoring teachers for the internship are selected carefully and work closely with CTP faculty to ensure program continuity and high-quality student teaching experiences.

The Special Education and Multiple Abilities Program faculty recognizes special education as a dynamic field dedicated to the realization of human potential. It is the mission of the Collaborative Teacher Program to facilitate ideas and professional knowledge necessary to maximize learning opportunities for prospective practitioners and ultimately for children experiencing cognitive, social, behavioral, physical and/or multiple disabilities.