Portland-State-University 2023-2024 Bulletin

Visually Impaired Learner Initial License or Endorsement Program

The Visually Impaired Learner Program provides an initial license or endorsement to work with students who have blindness or visual impairments.  With an authorization of birth-21, students will achieve the competencies to deliver services in both public school and specialized school settings.  The primary focus of the program is prepare candidates to teach within the expanded core curriculum and adapt the general education curriculum to insure accessibility for students.

Requirements

Courses

SpEd 509Practicum I

3

SpEd 509Practicum II

3

SpEd 510 Legal and Ethical Foundations

3

SpEd 520Collaboration I: Families and Community - EL and EI/SE

3

SpEd 548Positive Behavior Support in the Classroom

3

SpEd 525Student Teaching

6-15

SpEd 540Foundations of Education for the Visually Impaired Learner

3

SpEd 541Implications of Vision Problems of Children/Youth

3

SpEd 542Assessment of the Visually Impaired

3

SpEd 543Reading and Literacy - Visually Impaired Learners

3

SpEd 544Methods of Teaching Academics: Visually Impaired Learner

3

SpEd 545Introduction to Orientation and Mobility and Independent Living Skills

3

SpEd 546Braille I

3

SpEd 547Braille II

2

SpEd 575Braille III/Technology for the Visually Impaired

3

SpEd 576Visually Impaired Learner with Additional Disabilities

3

Total Credit Hours: 56

Adding a VIL endorsement to a non-provisional teaching license may vary by state and type of current license held but is approximately 42-50 credits.