这个为期16个月的计划为教师候选人准备成为K-8年级的课堂老师，以及K-12年级的特殊教育老师。候选人从课程开始就与K-12学生互动，在整个学年中与当地公立学校的实践教育者一起工作。在暑假期间，候选人将开展基于项目的学习活动，然后在SNHU赞助的暑期学习计划中与小学生一起工作。该计划以能力为基础，确保该计划的毕业生做好充分的准备，可以在越来越多的采用基于能力的教学方法的NH学校中任教。希望雇用新教师的学区都在寻求具有基础教育和特殊教育证书的教师。除了满足所有学位要求之外，寻求认证的学生还必须满足新罕布什尔
Take your desire to make a difference in the lives of children into the classroom. Earn your Master of Education in Elementary and Special Education degree, and gain the skills and professional licensure you need to start your teaching career.<br><br>Successful completion of this full-time, New Hampshire-based elementary and special education degree program prepares you for a rewarding new career and leads to New Hampshire state licensure in elementary education, teaching grades K-6, and special education, teaching students in grades K-12.<br><br>This clinical M.Ed. with Dual Certification in Elementary Education and General Special Education will prepare teacher candidates for certification and will ensure that the beginning educators have the required skills, competencies, knowledge, and dispositions specifically needed to support the development and learning of students in elementary grades (K-6) and general special education (K-12). This competency-based, iterative program will provide evidence-based research and clinical opportunities that will be analyzed, evaluated, and refined during the Clinical Experiences I, II, III, and IV, for a total of 44 weeks of clinical experience.