Level I Education Specialist Credential: Deaf and Hard of Hearing and Master of Education in Special Education Program Overview The John Tracy Clinic and the University of San Diego’s School of Leadership and Education Sciences (SOLES) have partnered to create a 44-unit program offering a California Education Specialist Credential in Deaf and Hard of Hearing and a Master of Education in Special Education. The program is designed for graduate students and intern teachers who want to specialize in Auditory-Oral and Auditory-Verbal education as spoken language options for children with hearing loss. The program’s values, vision and mission are captured in the acronym PERL. The John Tracy Clinic and University of San Diego’s Deaf and Hard of Hearing Program prepares Teacher-Leaders who demonstrate: • Passion for providing hope, guidance and encouragement to children with hearing loss and their families; • Excellence in the knowledge, skills, and attitudes that they bring to their profession; • Respect for the children, families, and colleagues with whom they work, and • Leadership in providing the vision, direction, and motivation for positive change in schools. Two program options are available to qualified candidates, including the Onsite Program, which lasts 10 months, and the Distance Learning Program, which is a two-year internship. All Onsite classes take place at the John Tracy Clinic campus in Los Angeles. Distance Learning candidates take most of their classes online, while other classes are conducted at the John Tracy Clinic during two one-month summer residencies.
Distinguishing Features Founded in 1942 by Louise Treadwell Tracy, wife of actor Spencer Tracy, the John Tracy Clinic is a pioneer in parent-centered, Auditory-Oral education for infants and preschool children who are deaf or hard of hearing. For more than 50 years, the John Tracy Clinic has been recognized as a world leader in preparing graduatelevel professionals for careers in special education fields. Some outstanding features of the program include: • Educating children with hearing loss from infancy through early childhood • Working with families to bring them hope, guidance, and encouragement • Providing a spoken language option for families and their young children • Experience in a wide variety of fieldwork and practicum settings: • Parent-infant • Auditory-Verbal therapy • Preschool • Parent education • Elementary • Parent support groups • Secondary • Audiological practice • Theory and practice are joined seamlessly in each course — theories are immediately put into practice in the same course. • Developing cutting-edge knowledge, skills and dispositions to work with the latest technological advances (cochlear implants, digital hearing aids, DSL, ABR, OAE ). • Candidates’ tuition is usually fully funded through government and private scholarships. • Both Onsite and Distance Learning programs are taught by world-renowned faculty. • Each cohort (Onsite and Distance Learning Programs) is limited to eight candidates to provide the intensive individual mentoring needed to prepare highly skilled teacher-leaders.
Program Curriculum
Admission Requirements
The SOLES faculty enrich all programs and course offerings with the values, concepts and themes that we all believe will help students become ethical, civic-minded and committed leaders in their chosen fields. The following is a list of the program curricula available to students during their matriculations:
• Completed application to the University of San Diego and the John Tracy Clinic. • College or university transcripts. Applicants must submit three official sealed transcripts from every college or university attended.
EDSP 553 Educating Infants, Children, and Youth who are Deaf and
Academic Requirements
3 units
Hard of Hearing: Multiple Perspectives EDSP 556
Working with Families of Infants and Children who are Deaf
or Hard of Hearing
EDSP 550
Early Intervention with Infants and Children who are Deaf
and Hard of Hearing — Birth to Three, and Their Parents
EDSP 550 F Early Intervention Fieldwork with Infants and Toddlers who
2 units 3 units 3 units
are Deaf and Hard of Hearing and Their Parents EDSP 551
Audiology: Diagnostics in Infants and Children who are Deaf
and Hard of Hearing
EDSP 568 Audiology: Amplification in Infants and Children who are Deaf
2 units 2 units
and Hard of Hearing EDSP 554
Language Development with Infants and Children who are
Deaf and Hard of Hearing
EDSP 560 Language, Literacy, and Instruction for School-Age Children
3 units 3 units
and Youth who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing EDSP 552
Foundations of Speech for Individuals who are Deaf and Hard
and Hard of Hearing
EDSP 557
Auditory-Verbal Principles of Teaching Speech and Auditory
Skills to Individuals who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing
EDSP 593P
Practicum in Auditory-Verbal Therapy
4 units
EDSP 555
Curriculum Strategies in Early Childhood Settings for Children
4 units
who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing: Theory and Practice
EDSP 594P
Practicum in Early Childhood for Children who are Deaf and
Hard of Hearing
EDSP 559
Curriculum Strategies in Academic Settings for Children and
1 unit 3 units
1 unit
3 units
Youth who are Deaf and Hard of Hearing: Theory and Practice
EDSP 595P
Practicum in Elementary School Teaching
4 units
EDUC 500
Research Design and Methodology
3 units
Contact Information
Mary D. McGinnis Ph.D. (c), Cert AVT Director, Teacher Education John Tracy Clinic 806 W. Adams Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90007 Phone: ( 213 ) 748-5481, ext. 225 TTY Phone: ( 213 ) 747-2924 E-mail: mmcginnis@jtc.org
For more information, go to www.jtc.org/teachered.
• American Sign Language and Deaf Culture. • Typical / Atypical Child Development.* • Teaching Reading and Writing, including 32 hours of fieldwork.* • Regular Education fieldwork.* • A minimum grade point average of 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) in all undergraduate/graduate coursework. * Requirements are met with a Multiple Subject or Single Subject Credential.
Standardized Admission Tests: • Graduate Record Examinations (GRE ) General Test with a minimum score of 1000. • Passing score on the California Basic Educational Skills Test (CBEST). • Passing score on the California Subject Examinations for Teachers (CSET): Multiple Subjects. • Passing score on the Reading Instruction Competence Assessment (RICA). • The official results of the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) are required of students for whom English is a second language. Minimum requirements are 237 (computer-based), 580 (paper-based), or 83 (Internet-based). • U.S. Constitution course or examination.
Other Requirements: • Commitment to spoken language philosophy. • Personal interview and written essay. • Demonstrated potential in leadership. • Experience with children with hearing loss (volunteer work, etc.). • Three professional letters of recommendations from academic professionals. Please do not submit personal recommendations. • Internship agreement signed by school site administrator. • Application deadlines are usually March 1, but students should contact Mary D. McGinnis at ( 213 ) 748-5481 or mmcginnis@jtc.org for the most current deadlines.