Empower and help change the lives of students with special needs who are differently abled by pursuing your collaborative teacher degree from Troy University. When you become a collaborative teacher major, you have the option to choose grades K-6 or 6-12 as your focus.TROY s undergraduate collaborative teacher program is fully accredited with a curriculum built on both Alabama standards for special education teachers and standards drafted by the Council for Exceptional Children. As you go through this program, you will spend more than 150 hours in a variety of classrooms working with students with special needs.