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Childhood Inclusive Education Major (BS)

Description

Brockport’s B.S. in Childhood Inclusive Education prepares candidates to teach in grades 1-6. Candidates study and prepare to teach a multiple disciplines in diverse settings, and are eligible for initial-level certification to teach in NYS public schools.

There are two tracks in the B.S. in Childhood Inclusive Education:

  • Multidisciplinary: Leads to dual certification: Childhood Education (1-6) & Students with Disabilities (All Grades); or
  • Bilingual Multicultural: Leads to three certifications: Childhood Education (1-6), Students with Disabilities (All Grades), & the Bilingual Extension.

Admission to the Program

Students will need to meet SUNY 3.0 GPA requirements for admission in one of the following ways:

First-year students must meet at least one of the following admissions criteria:

  • High School GPA of a B or better OR
  • High School Rank in top 30% OR
  • SAT (Evidence-Based Reading and Writing+Math) ≥ 1140 OR
  • ACT ≥ 24 OR
  • Brockport GPA ≥ 3.0 based on at least 12 credits

Transfer students must meet at least one of the following admissions criteria:

  • High School GPA of a B or better OR
  • High School Rank in top 30% OR
  • SAT (Evidence-Based Reading and Writing+Math) ≥ 1140 OR
  • ACT ≥ 24 OR
  • Transfer GPA ≥ 3.0 based on at least 12 credits OR
  • Brockport GPA ≥ 3.0 based on at least 12 credits

Students must also demonstrate preparation for entry into mathematics coursework at the 112 (or higher) level. Students entering the Bilingual Multicultural track must demonstrate preparation for entry into Spanish coursework at the 112 (or higher) level.

Program Requirements

Multidisciplinary Track (123-125 credits)

EDI Professional Components

  • EDI 413 Intro Spec Ed (3 credits)
  • PRO 370 Health and Drug Ed (1 credit)
  • EDI 430 Education & Society (3 credits)
  • EDI 460 Childhood Dev. & Learning (3 credits)

English

  • ENG 112 College Composition (3 credits)
  • ENG 210 Creative Writing (3 credits)
  • ENG 396 Children’s Literature (3 credits)

Languages Other than English

  • Foreign Lang. 111+ (3 credits)
  • Foreign Lang. 112+ (3 credits)

Mathematics

  • One of the following courses:
    • MTH 243 Elementary Statistics (3 credits)
    • SOC 200 Social Statistics (3 credits)
    • PSH 202 Introductory Statistics for Psychology (3 credits)

Science

  • NAS 273 Inv Physical Sci (4 credits)
  • ENV 201 Intro to Environment. Sci (3 credits)

Social Studies

  • HST 311 Empire State (3 credits)

Social & cultural humanities (3 credits)

Pick one:

  • AAS 235 African literature or
  • ENG 223 Modern World Literature or
  • ENG 242 Legacies of Slavery in American Literature or
  • FCE 201 French Speaking World or
  • WMS 201 Little Women to Riot Girls: Girls’ Studies or
  • HST 230 History of Women and Medicine (3 credits) or
  • ENG 245 Imagining Women’s Lives in American Literature (3 credits) or
  • CMC 208 Communication and Democracy (3 credits)

Social & cultural perspectives (6 credits)

Perspectives on Gender (3 credits / one course):
  • AAS 360 Africa Today (3 credits) or
  • ENG 348 Sex and Gender in Literary Theory (3 credits) or
  • WMS/ANT 365 Lesbian and Gay Cultures in America (3 credits) or
  • AAS 271/WMS 271 Gender, Race, Class (3 credits) or
  • WMS/FCE/EDI 458 Women and Education in the Arab World (3 credits) or
  • HST/WMS 234 Puerto Rico and Puerto Ricans: Colony, Nation, Race, Diaspora (3 credits) or
  • AAS 307 Exploring the Black Experience (3 credits) or
  • WMS 307 Gendering the Past (3 credits) or
  • WMS 330 Global Perspectives on Women and Gender (3 credits) or
  • ENG 242 Legacies of Slavery in American Literature (3 credits) or
  • SOC 361 Sociology of Families (3 credits) or
  • HST 328 Women in America (3 credits) or
  • ANT 321 Global Friction (3 credits) or
  • ANT 336 Environment, Traditional Arts and Women’s Lives (3 credits) or
  • ANT 363 Anthropology of Religion (3 credits) or
  • ANT 367 Gender in the Islamic World (3 credits) or
  • HST/WMS 368 Women in the Mediterranean World
Perspectives on Diversity (3 credits / one course):
  • AAS 100 Introduction to African-American Studies (3 credits) or
  • AAS 303 Slavery and the Underground Railroad (3 credits) or
  • AAS 113 Introduction to African American History (3 credits) or
  • AAS/SOC 211 Social Disparities in Health (3 credits) or
  • AAS/WMS 271 Gender, Race and Class (3 credits) or
  • ANT 101 The Human Condition (3 credits) or
  • ANT 303 Native American Women (3 credits) or
  • ANT 315 The Migration Experience (3 credits) or
  • ANT 368 Forced from Home: Becoming a Refugee (3 credits) or
  • ENG 243 Immigration in Literature (3 credits) or
  • HST 333 Latinx History of the United States (3 credits) or
  • HST 457 Dark Continent to Wakanda: the Image of Africa (3 credits) or
  • SOC 240 Social Inequality (3 credits) or
  • SOC 328 Racial and Ethnic Relations (3 credits) or
  • SOC 334 Sociology Goes to the Movies (3 credits) or
  • SOC 374 Sociology of Human Rights (3 credits) or
  • REL 306 Issues of Diversity and Disability in Recreation (3 credits) or
  • WMS 302 Introduction to Interdisciplinary Disability Studies (3 credits) or
  • FLM 456 Race, Ethnicity and Film (3 credits)

Phase 1

  • EDI 462 Inquiry into Learning (3 credits)
  • EDI 481 Technology for Learning (3 credits)
  • PRO 434 Field Experience (1 credit)

Phase 2

  • EDI 414 Field Based Spec Ed (3 credits)
  • EDI 407 Emergent Lang & Literacy (3 credits)
  • EDI 423 Div. Learner Soc. Studies (3 credits)
  • PRO 435 Field Experience II (1 credit)
  • EDI 461 Child. Inclusive Class Management (3 credits)

Phase 3

  • EDI 418 Lang. Lit. and the Learner (3 credits)
  • EDI 424 Diverse Learner Mathematics (3 credits)
  • EDI 425 Diverse Learner Science (3 credits)
  • EDI 419 Assessment in Spec. Ed (3 credits)
  • PRO 436 Field Experience III (1 credit)
  • EDI 471: Supporting English Language and Multilingual Learners in the Classroom

Phase 4

  • EDI 455 Practicum and Seminar in Childhood Inclusive Education (12 credits) 

Bilingual Multicultural Track (123-125 credits)

EDI Professional Components

  • EDI 413 Intro Spec Ed (3 credits)
  • EDI 460 Childhood Dev. & Learning (3 credits)
  • PRO 370 Health and Drug Ed (1 credit)

English

  • ENG 112 College Composition (3 credits)
  • ENG 210 Creative Writing (3 credits)
  • ENG 396 Children’s Lit (3 credits)

Mathematics

  • EDI 439 Pedagogical Mathematics Knowledge for Teachers I OR MTH 113 Math Elem Teach I (3 credits)
  • EDI 442 Pedagogical Mathematics Knowledge for Teachers II OR MTH 114 Math Elem Teach II (3 credits)

Science

  • NAS 273 Inv Physical Sci (4 credits)
  • One of the following courses:
    • BIO 281 Human Biology (3 credits)
    • BIO 110 Principles of Biology (3 credits)
    • ENV 203 Biology of Organisms (4 credits)

Social Studies

  • HST 234 Puerto Rico (3 credits)

Social & Cultural Humanities (3 credits / one course):

  • AAS 235 African literature or
  • ENG 223 Modern World Literature or
  • ENG 242 Legacies of Slavery in American Literature or
  • FCE 201 French Speaking World or
  • WMS 201 Little Women to Riot Girls: Girls’ Studies or
  • HST 230 History of Women and Medicine (3 credits) OR
  • ENG 245 Imagining Women’s Lives in American Literature (3 credits) OR
  • CMC 208 Communication And Democracy (3 credits)

Spanish/Multicultural Coursework

  • SPN 112 Beginning Spanish II (3 credits)
  • SPN 211 Intermediate Spanish I (3 credits)
  • SPN 212 Intermediate Spanish II (3 credits)
  • SPN 350 It’s Debatable/Communic in Span. (3 credits)
  • SPN 351 Compose Yourself (3 credits)
  • FCE 420 Multiculturalism in the US (3 credits)
  • FCE 473 Linguistics for Sec. Lang. Acquisition (3 credits)
  • SPN 354 Literature and Cultures of Spanish America I or SPN 352 Mexico to Madrid: Hispanic World Today (3 credits)
  • SPN 410 Biling Ed & Heritage Lang. learners (3 credits)
  • SPN 461 Adv. Spanish Grammar (3 credits)

Phase 1

  • EDI 430 Ed & Society (3 credits)
  • EDI 462 Inquiry into Learning (3 credits)
  • PRO 434 Field Experience I (1 credit)
  • EDI 422 TESOL Materials & Techniques (3 credits)

Phase 2

  • EDI 414 Field Based Spec Ed (3 credits)
  • EDI 421 Methds Teachg & Assmt Lit. in Eng Lang Lrnrs (3 credits)
  • EDI 423 Div Learn in Soc. Studies (3 credits)
  • PRO 435 Field Experience II (1 credit)
  • EDI 461 Classroom Management (3 credits)

Phase 3

  • EDI 418 Language Literacy Learn (3 credits)
  • EDI 424 Div Learn in Math (3 credits)
  • EDI 425 Div Learn in Science (3 credits)
  • EDI 419 Assess Spec Ed (3 credits)
  • PRO 436 Field Experience III (1 credit)

Student teaching

  • EDI 455 Practicum and Seminar in Childhood Inclusive Education (12 credits)

Additional Degree Requirements

Students must meet NYSED requirements for minimum acceptable grades during completion of the major, including grades of C or above for all Content Core and Pedagogical Core coursework. Students must re-take courses where grades have not met this minimum acceptable grade standard.

Professional Dispositions

All teacher candidates must demonstrate the dispositions necessary in the teaching profession. The Department of Education and Human Development monitors each teacher candidate’s performance and progress and will deny continuation in the program to any teacher candidate whose level of performance and/or dispositions do not adequately meet academic or professional standards. Decisions with respect to retention or dismissal of a teacher candidate are made by the Department of Education and Human Development faculty and staff, and not by any one person.

Licensure & Certification

Students who complete this program are eligible for the University’s recommendation for New York State certification. Program completion and submission of the recommendation form are also required to secure the University’s recommendation. Additional New York state certification requirements must be satisfied to earn certification. Students are advised to consult the Brockport Certification Office.


Student Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the program, students will be able to:

  • Content knowledge: Students will be able to understand the central concepts of their discipline.
  • Pedagogical content knowledge: Students will be able to develop instructional plans and strategies, and connect them with content knowledge to enhance learning opportunities for P-12 students.
  • Professional knowledge and skills: Students will be able to understand the learning needs of all students, and utilize their professional knowledge and skills, including the implementation of assessments and technology, to create effective learning experiences.
  • Reflective skills: Students will be able to continuously evaluate the impact of their work with students, reflecting on their success as teachers and addressing their needs for continuing professional improvement.
  • Professional dispositions: Students will practice professional ethics, including dedication, respect, intellectual integrity, positive outlook, self-awareness, and professionalism.
  • Positive impact on P-12 learning: Students will be able to produce evidence that they engage students in meaningful activity that promotes the development of critical thinking, problem solving, and performance skills.