Initial Preparation Standards 3: Curricular Content Knowledge

• 3.0:Beginning special education professionals use knowledge of general and specialized curricula to individualize learning for individuals with exceptionalities.

Key Elements 

• 3.1    Beginning special education professionals understand the central concepts, structures of the discipline, and tools of inquiry of the content areas they teach, and can organize this knowledge, integrate cross-disciplinary skills, and develop meaningful learning progressions for individuals with exceptionalities.
• 3.2    Beginning special education professionals understand and use general and specialized content knowledge for teaching across curricular content areas to individualize learning for individuals with exceptionalities.
• 3.3    Beginning special education professionals modify general and specialized curricula to make them accessible to individuals with exceptionalities.