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Graduate Catalog 2023-2024

Special Education M.A. – Intervention Specialist: Academic Coaching and Leadership Concentration

Program Overview

College of Education and Behavioral Sciences

Site: Extended Campus/Distance
Mode: Online
Start term: Summer, Fall, Spring

Director: Corey Pierce, Ph.D.

Location: McKee 36

Telephone: 970.351.2691

Website: www.unco.edu/cebs/special-education/

The Intervention Specialist: Academic Coaching and Leadership Concentration is a comprehensive program that weaves research and practice while providing current educational professionals with the knowledge and skills that are needed to provide services, supervise, and coach other educators to ultimately foster student growth academically, behaviorally, and socially.

Degree Requirements — 34-42 Credits

Required Concentration Credits — 31-39 credit hours

EDSE 670Legal and Policy Foundations of Special Education

3

EDSE 672Leadership in the School Community

3

EDSE 673Research and Reflective Practice

3

EDSE 675Issues in Special Education Assessment

3

EDSE 676Assessment and Interventions for Students with Challenging Behaviors

3

EDSE 677Transition to Adulthood for Youth with Exceptionalities

3

EDSE 678Strategies for Students with Autism/Significant Needs

3

EDSE 679Interventions for Students with Cultural and Linguistic Differences

3

EDSE 696Practicum in Instructional Coaching

1- 9

EED 610Interventions in Literacy

3

MED 645Interventions in Mathematics

3

Required Major Core Credits — 3 credit hours

SRM 600Introduction to Graduate Research

3

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