Dual Licensure Programs

Abstract

This chapter introduces the reader to the undergraduate inclusive educator preparation programs, the dual licensure. Dual licensure requires that the teacher candidate is educated in both a content area and special education. It discusses the work currently conducted in this field as well as the advantages and disadvantages of having an undergraduate or graduate student earning two teaching licenses. The chapter includes colleges and universities who currently have a dual licensure program and ends with a case study of a university who recently devise a dual teaching license program for Grades 7 – 12 in Adolescent and Young Adults Integrated English Language Arts or Adolescent and Young Adults Integrated Social Studies and Special Education.