What are Students with Disabilities- Generalist (Grades 7-12)?
As a Special Education (Students with Disabilities) Educator, you can change the life trajectories of your students by providing support, motivation, and targeted instruction they need to make college and/or successful careers a reality.
As a Students with Disabilities Grades 7-12 candidate, you may seek a position in an Integrated Co-Teaching (ICT) setting or as a Special Education Teacher Support Services (SETTS) teacher.
Meet Marvin, Students with Disabilities Teacher (Grades 7-12) & NYCTC Alum:
What brought me to the NYC Teaching Collaborative:
My name is Marvin Mejia, I am a cohort for Partner Teacher and I have been providing instructional support to Students with Disabilities in the Bronx for the past four years. About six years ago, around this time, I received an acceptance letter that congratulated me as a Partner Teacher. When I signed up to be a part of an amazing program, I knew I was making the best career choice. The primary reason I became a teacher was to give back to the community of underserved students in New York City. I believe that through education, students can become productive members of society.
As a Special Education teacher, I am faced with new challenges every day. Utilizing Social-Emotional Intelligence strategies has helped me build relationships with my students and their parents to make my teaching smoother.
The residency-model program is what makes NYCTC one of the best alternative certification programs. This program prepared me with the needed tools to implement within the classroom. For example, I have grown and excelled in classroom management techniques, lesson planning tips, test-taking skills, and learning how to work on developing students’ Individual Educational Plan (IEP).
I currently work in the Bronx in District 9.
My certification area is Students with Disabilities (Grades 7-12)
I am an alum of: Cohort 4 for the New York City Teaching Collaborative
I graduated from: St. John’s University with a degree in: Teaching Children with Disabilities in Adolescent Education (7-12), Master of Science in Education. While this university has supported this subject for candidates in the past for our alternative certification programs, I cannot confirm that will be the case for this year. Please be in touch with the Enrollment team for university assignment updates.
What my class schedule looks like:
What my classroom looks like:
Why the Teaching Collaborative is the right choice for all teachers:
The New York City Teaching Collaborative (NYCTC) program not only offers you a subsidized Master of Arts but also offers dual residency which provides you hands-on experiences in a public-school classroom. The NYCTC program also Partner Teachers with ongoing coaching from skilled Collaborative Coaches and program staff for Partner Teacher to be effective educators. As a Partner Teacher, you will also get professional development that prepares you very well for the classroom. NYCTC provides you with strategies and techniques needed to work with students in high-need school communities. While in training, residents will receive a stipend and test prep sessions to obtain your Certification. While attending classes, Partner teacher will teach under a New York State Transitional B Certification.
Eligibility Requirements
Bachelor's Degree in any subject area
Candidates who receive offers to NYC Department of Education alternative certification programs will have their transcripts evaluated by their university (after enrollment) to determine if they have a sufficient mix of liberal arts coursework to meet New York State requirements; some candidates may be required to take additional coursework to earn their Initial Certification. This coursework will be at their own expense . Universities typically evaluate transcripts for liberal arts credits across the following disciplines: Artistic Expression, English, Foreign Language, Humanities, Mathematics, Science, and Social Science/History.
Certification and Testing Requirements
You will receive a Students with Disabilities (SWD) Generalist 7-12 certification. You will be certified to teach at the middle school level (grades 7-8) and at the high school level (grades 9-12). Successful completion of a graduate program will result in a degree in either of the following:
- Master of Arts in Education: Children with Disabilities Grades, 7 – 12, Generalist
- Master of Science in Education: Students with Disabilities Grades, 7 – 12, Generalist
- Master of Science for Teachers Program: Adolescent and Special Education –Generalist
While you complete your master’s degree coursework, you will work in your full-time NYC DOE school position under a Transitional B certificate issued by New York State. The Transitional B certificate is valid for up to three years on the condition that you remain in good standing in your NYC DOE alternative certification program.
- Educating All Students (EAS) (201)
- Content Specialty Test (CST): Multi-Subject: Secondary Teachers (Grades 7-12)
Part 1: Literacy and English Language Arts (241)
Part 2: Mathematics (244)
Part 3: Arts and Sciences (245)
Key Definitions
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Integrated Co-Teaching |
Special Education Teacher Support Services |
Abbreviation |
ICT |
SETTS |
Description of the Setting |
Students with disabilities who receive Integrated Co-Teaching services are educated with age-appropriate peers in the general education classroom. ICT provides access to the general education curriculum and specially designed instruction to meet students’ individual needs. (Information from: uft.org) |
Specially designed and/or supplemental instruction to support the participation of the student with a disability in the general education classroom. Consultation to the student's general education teacher. (Information from: uft.org) |
Group Size and Case Load |
The number of students with disabilities in an Integrated Co-Teaching class may not exceed 40 percent of the total class register with a maximum of 12 students with disabilities. Integrated Co-Teaching classes must adhere to general education class size limits. Under Integrated Co-Teaching, classes that normally have a class size limit of 20 students will increase to 25 students, with a maximum of 10 students having disabilities. The limit of 12 students with disabilities in an Integrated Co-Teaching class was added in 2008 as a result of changes in state regulations. (Information from uft.org) |
Group size for SETSS services may not exceed eight students. The total number of students with a disability assigned to a resource room (SETSS) teacher in New York City may not exceed 30 students at the elementary level or 38 students with disabilities in grades 7 through 12 or a in multi-level middle school program operating on a period (departmentalized) basis. (Information from uft.org) |
Types of Services |
Integrated Co-Teaching may be provided for all subjects or on an individual subject basis. When Integrated Co-Teaching is recommended for less than the full school day, the student’s IEP must indicate the specific subjects or instructional areas in which the student requires Integrated Co-Teaching services. Students can also receive supplementary aids and services, including special education teacher support services, or special class services for the periods they are not in an ICT class. When SETSS is provided in addition to special class services, the three-hour minimum for SETSS services still applies.
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Direct Services provide specially designed instruction and/or supplementary instruction delivered by a special education teacher through individual and/or small group instruction to provide the student with compensatory skill development and remediation activities. They address the areas of deficit that have been identified for that student and strengthen the student's cognitive skills. Direct Services are provided to address educational needs directly related to the student's disability and not to provide additional academic instruction. Indirect Services provide collaborative consultation between the special education teacher and the general education teacher which focuses on adjusting the learning environment and/or modifying and adapting instructional techniques and methods to meet the individual needs of the student in the general education classroom. Agreed-upon strategies are delivered by the special education teacher and/or the general education teacher.
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Where Can I Secure a Job?
As a Students with Disabilities Grades 7-12 candidate, you may seek a position in either an Integrated Co-Teaching (ICT) setting or as a Special Education Teacher Support Services (SETTS) teacher. You may NOT take a position in a self-contained classroom. For more information about the different Students with Disabilities settings, please see this section in our Online Support Center.
Students with Disabilities- Generalists may not take a position in District 75 or in a self-contained classroom.
Reach out to us in the Online Support Center:
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