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AI in Special Education and English Language Learners

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This 3-credit online graduate course prepares educators to use artificial intelligence responsibly to improve access, engagement, communication, and instructional planning for students with disabilities and English Language Learners. Across ten modules, participants examine how AI can support teacher-designed chatbots and avatars, lesson planning and IEP drafting, mathematics, science, literacy and speech, art and music, history and social studies, family communication, oral language development, and executive functioning and self-regulation. The course emphasizes ethical and legally sound practice, including privacy, teacher oversight, cultural responsiveness, accessibility, and the principle that AI should scaffold learning rather than replace professional judgment, human relationships, or student thinking.

No single textbook is required. All readings, videos, websites, and module resources are provided in the course shell.

Madonna University EDU 5830.69

Graduate participants earn 3 semester hours of graduate credit and will receive a transcript from one of our partner institutions below. Professional development participants receive a certificate of completion for 45 hours of professional developments credit for face-to-face classes, and 60 hours of professional development credit for online classes.

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Module One: AI chatbots and avatars for family and student communication

Content:

Creating AI chatbots and avatars to support students and families; communication guardrails; teacher oversight; language access.

Module Two: AI for lesson planning and IEP development

Content:

Using AI to support lesson planning and IEP development while maintaining legal, ethical, and individualized decision-making.

Module Three: AI for mathematics instruction

Content:

Using AI for mathematics instruction to reduce language and processing barriers without reducing mathematical thinking.

Module Four: AI for science instruction

Content:

Using AI to support science vocabulary, visual modeling, inquiry access, and family communication in science.

Module Five: AI for literacy, phonics, and speech

Content:

Using AI for literacy, phonics, and speech instruction while preserving decoding, student voice, and authentic language practice.

Module Six: AI for art and music instruction

Content:

Using AI in art and music to increase creative access, communication, and inclusive participation.

Module Seven: AI for history and social studies instruction

Content:

Using AI to scaffold history and social studies through timelines, source access, vocabulary support, and disciplinary thinking.

Module Eight: Helping parents understand AI

Content:

Helping parents understand how AI can support children with disabilities and diverse learning profiles without replacing human relationships.

Module Nine: AI for speaking, listening, and oral language practice

Content:

Using AI to support English Learners and students with speaking difficulties through low-pressure listening and speaking practice.

Module Ten: Executive functioning, self-regulation, and independence

Content:

Using AI to support executive functioning, self-regulation, routines, task completion, and independence

Important Information

Online 3-graduate credit courses are 13 weeks in length.

On-site weekend courses are held Friday evening from 6:00pm-9:00pm and Saturday/Sunday, 8:30am-5:30pm.

Weekday courses are Monday-Friday from 8:00am- 6:00pm.

It is the responsibility of the student to check with their state, county, district, or school to ensure that all requirements are being met by the course you're taking.

Check the Partner Universities page for specific university information as well as course numbers which are specific to the university partner.

Students are required to purchase their own textbook, the information for which can be found here. If no book is required it will be specified on the list. We have copies of many of the textbooks should you wish to purchase directly from TEI.

Professional development (PD) participants receive a certificate of completion from TEI for 45 hours of PD credit for face to face classes and 60 hours of PD credit for online classes. These certificates are mailed within one week of the end of the class and reflect the course title, dates of attendance, and credit hour information.

Student Academic Integrity

Participants guarantee that all academic class work is original. Any academic dishonesty or plagiarism (to take ideas, writings, etc. from another and offer them as one's own), is a violation of student academic behavior standards as outlined by our partnering colleges and universities and is subject to academic disciplinary action.