Cannon-Clary College of Education
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    SPED Resource Teacher Academy Grant

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TAKE ADVANTAGE OF A FREE GRANT OPPORTUNITY

Harding University’s Cannon-Clary College of Education has been fully approved by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education to offer Special Education Resource Teacher Academy grants free of charge! This grant will cover the cost of tuition, books, fees and one Praxis assessment #5354 registration for recipients.

Features of the program:

  • Twelve-hour endorsement
  • 100% online cohort model
  • Synchronous and asynchronous graduate-level courses

This grant-funded, free Special Education Resource Endorsement is for you if:

  • you currently have a standard Arkansas teaching license and are currently teaching one of the following in an Arkansas public school
    • K-6 or 1-6
    • 4-8 or 7-12 English Language Arts (ELA)
    • 4-8 or 7-12 Mathematics
    • 4-8 or 7-12 Science
  • you are seeking an opportunity to teach your licensed content area to students with exceptionalities in an inclusive and/or resource setting

To add a Special Education Resource Endorsement to your license, you must provide documentation of Science of Reading (SOR) Phase 1 Prescribed Pathway for Awareness Credential. For more information visit this Division of Elementary and Secondary Education webpage.

For SPED RTA Grant questions call 501-279-5256 or email spedrta@harding.edu.

"Make a difference in the lives of all students and increase your competency, confidence, and effectiveness as you teach." –Dr. Carol Douglass, Director of Special Education

Admission Requirements

APPLICATION COMPLETION INSTRUCTIONS

MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR FULL ADMISSION

  • Completed, signed application
  • One letter of reference
  • Copy of Arkansas Educator’s License
  • Official electronic transcripts showing all college work—undergraduate and graduate (Transcripts should be sent directly from the institution(s) of higher education to Harding University’s Graduate Studies in Education Office at graded@harding.edu.)
  • Cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher, 3.0 on the last 60 hours or an earned Master’s degree for unconditional acceptance (cumulative GPA of 2.35 or GPA of 2.75 on the last 60 hours for provisional acceptance)

Course Schedule

This program uses a fully-online cohort model and includes synchronous and asynchronous graduate-level courses. For your convenience, you may download a schedule (pdf format).

2022 - 2023 SPECIAL EDUCATION RESOURCE TEACHER ACADEMY
 
SPED 6060 - Practices and Procedures for Students with Exceptionalities/
Academy 101 - Resource Teacher Academy
Summer I 2022 Session: June 6 - July 1
Synchronous meeting: June 25, 10:00 am - noon
 
SPED 6210 - SPED Survey Course
Summer II 2022 Session: July 5 - 29
Synchronous meeting: July 30, 10:00 am - noon
 
SPED 6260 - Foundations in Special Education K-12
Fall 2022 Semester: August 22 - December 16
Synchronous meeting: December 3, 10:00 am - noon
 
SPED 6220 - Assessment of the Learner with Exceptionalities
Spring 2023 Semester: January 9 - May 5
Synchronous meeting: April 29, 2023, 10:00 am - noon
 
Synchronous Praxis Prep & Support
(Intentional dates are selected in each of the two summer courses and in the fall and spring semesters to prepare for the Praxis test.)
All synchronous meeting are 10:00 am until noon.
Dates for this school year: June 25, July 30, December 3, April 29

More Information

If you are interested in degree programs that can include this endorsement or in any of our other programs, please contact:

HARDING UNIVERSITY
GRADUATE STUDIES IN EDUCATION
Box 12261
Searcy, AR  72149
Email: graded@harding.edu
Phone: 501-279-4315

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Harding University
Graduate Studies in Education
Box 12261
Searcy, AR 72149-5615