The Master’s Degree in Special Education prepares you to attain your Teacher of Students with Disabilities certification after completion of all degree requirements. Since there is no stand-alone certification for special education in New Jersey, attainment of this certification fulfills half of the requirements to teach Special Education. All special education teachers must have dual certification in Teacher of Students with Disabilities and another general certification area.

Working in the field of special education offers opportunities for you as a teacher to work as partners with colleagues, parents, trained specialists and the community while positively impacting the lives of children and their families.

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The Ramapo MASE program allows you as a prospective Special Educator to:

• Study under exemplary leaders in the field;
• Gain hands-on learning through a field internship available at your current school;
• Integrate theory and practice through an applied capstone research capstone;
• Bring real experience to life and learn from other educators in Ramapo’s cohort model program;
• Complete all requirements in preparation of the Teacher of Students with Disabilities Certification

The MASE program enables you as a teacher to focus on differentiating instruction and adapting or modifying general education curricula, such as reading, writing and math. You will be a specially trained as an educator to also teach basic skills concepts, such as literacy, life skills, and communication techniques, to students with severe disabilities.