Educational Diagnostician Certification
This certification is also offered in combination with an med in special education.
Educational diagnostician certification. In special education and for the certification only program will be open august 1 2019 and will remain open until march 16 2020. There are two cohorts per year meeting at region 10 esc. If you already have a masters degree and are a certified texas teacher we offer a certification only program to become an educational diagnostician. Although many special education professionals are trained and qualified to assess students they are not licensed to present a formal diagnosis to parents.
A valid teaching certificate two years classroom teaching experience and a masters degree in education are. The educational diagnostician certification preparation program provides masters level courses addressing the texas education agency and council of exceptional children competency requirements in preparation for the texes exam for certification as an educational diagnostician. The educational diagnostician certification is designed for individuals seeking to improve and extend their professional skills in special education. They must be certified in special education and state certified in elementary or middle school education a school district in new mexico seeks an educational diagnostician with three years of teaching experience a masters degree in educational assessment a valid teaching certificate and a valid educational diagnostician certification.
Applications for the 2020 cohort for the med. Once a cohort of 20 fills we have a rolling admission process into the next cohort either in the same year or a subsequent year. On the online uh application chose certificate for the type of program you are seeking. School counselor school librarian educational diagnostician and reading specialist certificate requirements the requirements found.
Online educational diagnostician certification only for texas educators only. Students in the educational diagnostician sequence must enroll in two consecutive semesters of internship and successfully complete 160 hours of supervised internship experience in a public school to complete program requirements and to partially meet state requirements for certification as an educational diagnostician. So the term educational diagnostician is a bit misleading and most school districts prefer to use the term educational assessor instead.