Special Education Certification Programs in Georgia

Georgia State University

• The Georgia State University College of Education offers several nondegree certification programs in special education through its Department of Educational Psychology and Special Education. The university is located in Atlanta. Programs for graduate students include focuses on autism, deaf education, early childhood education, preschool, mental retardation, behavior-learning disabilities and physical/health disabilities. Examples of courses in these programs include mathematics concepts for special learners, strategies for challenging behavior and characteristics/instructional strategies for students with disabilities. The programs also include practicums. The department is accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education and the Council on Academic Accreditation.

  Georgia State University
  College of Education Building
  30 Pryor St.
  Atlanta, GA 30303
  404-413-8100
  education.gsu.edu/main/Certification.htm

Georgia College and State University

• Georgia College and State University in Milledgeville offers a certification program in special education in the teaching field. Students who have completed an undergraduate program in special education or a Master of Arts in the teaching program in special education are recommended for an initial teaching certificate that is valid for five years. Certification comes from the Georgia Professional Standards Commission and involves several application steps. Founded in 1889, Georgia College and State University is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

  Georgia College and State University
  220D Kilpatrick
  Campus Box 70
  Milledgeville, GA 31061
  478-445-2514
  gcsu.edu/education/certification/programs.htm

University of West Georgia

• The University of West Georgia in Carrollton offers a nondegree teaching certificate program in special education. Certification comes from the Georgia Professional Standards Commission. These initial Georgia teaching certificates are good for five years. To obtain a certificate, students must complete the coursework required by their plan of study and pass assessment tests. Students also can complete coursework to add the director of special education endorsement studies to a current certificate. Founded in 1906, the University of West Georgia is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.

  University of West Georgia
  College of Education
  1601 Maple St.
  Carrollton, GA 30118
  678-839-6570
  coe.westga.edu/Students/TCFP/Certification.asp