Special Education

All candidates once admitted are expected to demonstrate professional behaviors and dispositions that are consistent with (a) the Core Values of the Education Unit at Queens College of “promoting Equity, Excellence, and Ethics in urban schools and communities;” and (b) the code of ethics for special education professionals.

Additionally Candidates must:

• Maintain a 3.0 GPA overall.
• Maintain a 3.0 GPA and demonstrate professional dispositions and behavior to remain matriculated and to graduate.
• Meet with an advisor if they get a course grade lower than B- or if they demonstrate questionable professional dispositions or behavior. A candidate and his/her advisor will then make a plan to determine (a) how to rectify any academic or behavioral deficiencies, and (b) the conditions for continuing in the program.
• Purchase and maintain an electronic portfolio, Anthology Portfolio account for the entire duration of the designated program (e.g. 3 years for MSED programs; 1 year for Post Master’s programs).
• As per Queens College graduate student governance policy, a matriculated graduate student who is dismissed must remain out of the College for at least one semester. To return, the student must file a formal application for reentry and pay a non-refundable re-entry fee by the appropriate deadline. The student must also petition the Office of Graduate Studies for permission to reenter. Requests for re-entry will be reviewed on an individual basis. Permission to re-enter following suspension may be granted one time only.

 All special education courses contain field-based assignments, in which candidates are required to fulfill designated hours (as specified in each course) in educational settings that serve students with disabilities. Candidates are expected to demonstrate professional behaviors and dispositions at their field sites.