For Education Specialist Intern Credentials, individuals must satisfy the items listed above. Subject matter

Individuals must satisfy all of the following requirements for the Education Specialist Credential:

1. Possess a baccalaureate or higher degree from a regionally-accredited college or university.

2. Verify Subject matter competence must be verified in a core academic subject area. This may be done by passing the appropriate Commission-approved subject matter examinations, completing a degree major in one of the core academic subject area or in liberal studies, or completion of a Commission-approved subject matter program for the Multiple Subject Credential or the Single Subject Credential in one of these content areas:

   • 1. • Art

        • English

        • Elementary subject-matter

        • Foreign Language (Languages other than English)

        • Mathematics, including Foundational-Level Mathematics

        • Music

        • Science, including Foundational-Level General Science and Specialized Science

        • Social Science

3. Complete a course (two semester units or three quarter units) in the provisions and principles of the U.S. Constitution or pass an examination given by a regionally-accredited college or university.

4. Completed application submitted through a Commission-approved program sponsor by online recommendation.

AUT - Autism

DB - Deaf-Blindness

DEAF - Deafness

HI - Hearing Impairment

ED - Emotional Disturbance

ID - Intellectual Disabilities

MD - Multiple Disabilities

OI - Orthopedic Impairment

OHI - Other Health Impairment

SLD - Specific Learning Disability

TBI - Traumatic Brain Injury

VI - Visual Impairment