Reading Endorsement
Program Highlights & Benefits
Synchronous online format for flexibility and convenience
2 semester completion time
No GRE or admission tests
No weekend classes
For
The purpose of the Reading Endorsement program is to give classroom teachers additional knowledge to meet literacy needs of learners across the grade levels. Emphasis will be on understanding readers and the reading process, linking assessment and instruction, and using instructional strategies in specific content courses.
What You Learn
Completers of the Reading Endorsement will be able to:
- Utilize knowledge of the major theoretical, conceptual, and evidence-based foundations of literacy and language development and the ways in which they interrelate.
- Apply foundational knowledge to critically examine, select, and evaluate curriculum and design; implement, adapt, and evaluate instruction to provide a coherent and motivating literacy program that addresses both general and discipline specific literacy processes.
- Examine, select, and use appropriate assessments to gather evidence for all students’ content knowledge and literacy processes within a discipline for instructional and accountability purposes.
- Examine their own culture and beliefs; set high expectations for their students; and learn about and appreciate the cultures of their students, families, and communities to inform instruction.
- Apply knowledge of learner development and learning differences to create a learning environment anchored in digital and print literacies.
- Reflect upon practice, use ongoing inquiry to improve their professional practice and enhance students’ literacy learning, and advocate for students and their families to enhance students’ literacy learning.
How You Learn
Synchronous Online: This is a fully online cohort. For five nights out of each 8-week course, an online class session will be held from 5:45 to 8:45 p.m. during which you are required to sign in and actively participate. These synchronous online class meetings will be supplemented by additional online activities which may include assignments, webinars or chats, materials, discussion threads, assessments and/or group activities completed electronically outside of class. This program is offered as a stand-alone endorsement program or as an endorsement program embedded in an MAT or M. Ed. program.
*Students must report a minimum GPA of 2.75 on a 4.0 scale. Applicants with a GPA lower than 2.75 or an identified writing deficiency may be considered for provisional admission. Provisionally admitted students may be required to take one or more writing classes prior to or during the first semester. Decisions about additional admission requirements are determined by the University Graduate Council after a complete review of all materials presented by the applicant.
Career Outcomes
Upon completion of this program candidates will have earned a Reading Endorsement to be added on to their current certification.
Degree Requirements
| Course # | Title | Hours |
| EDU 601 | Orientation to Advanced Programs | .5 |
| RDE 651 | Foundations of Literacy and Assessment | 3 |
| RDE 653 | Comprehension, Curricular and Programmatic Strategies | 3 |
| RDE 654 | Enhancing Literacy with Literature | 3 |
| RDE 656 | Patterns of Practice in the English Language Arts | 3 |
| EDU 699 | Advanced Candidate Program Completion | .5 |
| Total Program Hours: | 13 |
Please Note:
This course outline is tentative and is subject to change. Courses may be offered in a different order than outlined above.
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