Reading Graduate Certificate

Students will examine current research and instructional approaches that focus on improving 5-9 student reading skills. This course is designed to address comprehension issues in the content area classrooms. Students will learn to develop an understanding of the challenges 5-9 students face while reading, how to identify reading demands in content areas, and how to develop lessons to include reading skills in the content area classroom. Field experience is required.

This course will provide an overview of children and adolescent literature for use in the K-12 reading program. Students will learn how to choose effective literature from various genres and formats, including the use of literature to address the issue of diversity in the K-12 classroom. Additionally, strategies for the effective use of the literature with various levels of readers will be presented and discussed. Field experience is required.

This course provides the education major with the investigation of basic theories underlying traditional and recent approaches to the teaching of reading. It includes the study of the five essential components of the reading process: phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary development, and comprehension. This course also provides the opportunity to interpret informal reading inventories and other diagnostic measures used for assessing the major elements of reading growth of the five essential components of reading. Field experience is required.

This course focuses on providing teachers with formal and informal assessment measures to use to determine students' literacy levels in the elementary school. This course also presents the students with knowledge and use of effective scientifically based intervention strategies. Field experience is required.

This course focuses on providing teachers with formal and informal assessment measures to use to determine students' literacy levels in the secondary school. This course also provides the students with the knowledge and use of effective scientifically based intervention strategies. Field experience is required.

This course requires the graduate student to work with several K-12 students in a classroom setting—diagnosing, prescribing, and implementing a reading plan for improvement. Students will apply "best practices" in reading instruction based upon concepts and research acquired in the prerequisite courses in the Reading Program. Field experience is required.