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Frequently Asked Questions Regarding the UW-Eau
Claire Program:
- Can I earn a general education License
#809?
- Do I have to drive to Eau Claire to take the courses?
- How many extra semesters will it take to earn both the
ECSE and the Birth through Age 8 certification endorsements?
- Will I have to complete separate student teaching
requirements for ECSE and Birth through Age 8?
- Are there extra fees?
- How do I get my textbooks?
- Can I go to UW-Eau Claire or UW-River Falls to participate
in courses?
- Will I have to complete additional student teaching
experiences beyond those currently required in my program?
Can I earn a general education License #809?
If you are a El Education, Early Childhood minor student at
UW-River Falls , you may earn 809 Education/Early Childhood
certification endorsement for Birth to age 8 concurrently with
earning certification endorsement for ECSE. If you already
hold and El Ed / Early Childhood licenses, you may pursue courses
towards adding on the 809 Special Education.
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Do I have to drive to Eau Claire to take the courses?
You may participate in courses from or on either site.
To Earn the Early Childhood Special Education license, UW-River
Falls students 809 must complete the following courses listed on the linked page (click here) in addition
to the courses required by UW-River Falls for the ECEA license.
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How many extra semesters will it take to earn both the ECSE
and the Birth through Age 8 certification endorsements?
If you join the dual program early enough to allow you to
combine student teaching assignments, very little time will
be added to the length of your program. You should probably
allow five years to earn a degree in dual certification.
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Will I have to complete separate student teaching requirements
for ECSE and Birth through Age 8?
You may combine your student teaching experiences by working
in inclusive classrooms, providing you have completed all the
necessary prerequisites for both programs prior to placement.
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Are there extra fees?
River Falls students are charged $100.00 enrollment fee and
campus fees for UW-Eau Claire.
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How do I get my textbooks?
Eau Claire has an on-loan text book system similar to UW-River
Falls . You can arrange for textbooks to be mailed to you from
UW-Eau Claire bookstore prior to the commencement of the semester.
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Can I go to UW-Eau Claire or UW-River Falls to participate
in courses?
You may participate in courses from either site.
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What are the field experience demands?
To a certain extent it depends on the time that a student
is admitted to the Department of Special Education Early Childhood
Special Education Program. Currently students admitted at the
end of their sophomore year and take SPED 200, SPED 205, and
SPED 220 prior to admission are completing their studies in
four years and nine additional weeks of student teaching if
they take a small number of courses during one or two summer
sessions. This is changing and students will be taking an additional
eighteen weeks of student teaching rather than nine. The program
will take a minimum of four and a half years to complete all
requirements for ECSE and Pre-K-3.
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Will I have to complete additional student teaching experiences
beyond those currently required in my program?
Whenever possible placements will be arranged to address requirements
of general as well as special education in the same classrooms
for the 3-6/K and the 6-9/Grades 1, 2, or 3 during enrollment
in student teaching. Birth through 3 experiences require an additional
nine week experience.
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