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[quote=Anonymous]Re: "This only works if your educational background is in the certification area you are seeking. Since you are seeking special education, then yes, you need to complete an entire teaching program compared to teaching in general education. Are you sure you want to have your initial cert in Special Education? You can get an initial cert in Science, then add an endorsement in special education. That way you are not locked into SPED forever if you change your mind. MCPS will put you wherever they want to for special educators. It's more paperwork than actually helping kids. If you get certified in science, you still will help students in special education programs."

The option for me is to get into a teaching cert program (like Teach-Now Moreland, 24 credits), or have a course-by-course evaluation to fulfill the required 33 semester credits.
I took 12 graduate courses to get my PhD in science. I was told that none of my "research-based courses" counts because they're not real classes. Even if I want to get certified in science (secondary), instead of special ed, I still need to take 21 semester credits.  I feel that the information I received were conflicting and didn't make sense. 
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