How to Apply Instructions

Spring 2026

Applications are open for each spring enrollment from July 1 to Oct 1. During non-admission periods, please complete the Request More Info form to be notified of program updates and when applications open.

How to Apply

Go to makalei.coe.hawaii.edu

• Category: Apply to Certificate Program
• Program: Post-Baccalaureate Certificate, Special Education (PBSPED) Currently Licensed Teachers
• Semester: Spring 2026

Select Program Options

• CHOOSE LICENSURE TYPE: Add a Field (Note: “National Certification” option is only for the Reading Interventionist program only)
• CHOOSE MAJOR (SPECIALIZATION TRACK): Mild/Moderate or Severe/Autism (Note: Reading Interventionist is for a separate program)
• CHOOSE LOCATION: Which island will you be participating in the program from?

Complete Admission Checklist

• Verify you read the Gainful Employment Information

• Submit your UH Manoa Application once it opens: UH Mānoa
  • Important Note: This program is housed in undergraduate admissions within the Post Baccalaureate Certificate in Special Education. Make sure to use the application link provided above and do not use the graduate application link. 
  • Choose the starting term: Spring 2026
  • Under “Your UH Manoa Plans”
    • Choose ‘2nd Bachelor’
    • Planned Course of Study = ‘Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Special Education (Spring Only)’
    • Transfer credits – can list ‘0’
  • Request an application fee waiver – All Hawaii residents can qualify for a fee waiver, choose ‘Resident of the State of Hawaiʻi’

• Upload unoffical transcripts to verify eligibility.

• Upload copy of HTSB license in special education

• Verify Prior Post-Secondary Program Enrollment
  • Confirm if you have ever been dismissed from a prior program

If you have any questions or need assistance with the application process, please contact spedinfo@hawaii.edu.

Official Transcripts

Note: If you received your degree from a University of Hawaiʻi System institution you do not need to send official transcripts (e.g., UHM, UHH, UHWO, or any Hawaii Community College).