School of Education - Literacy: 5-12:Initial Certification (Graduate)

Program Description:
The Literacy Education Program prepare classroom teachers who are skilled in learning theories and practices that address individual learning needs, and who are able to affirm the value of the broadest range of a diverse classroom population and teach member of the classroom. The program faculty believes that all teachers need to be teachers of literacy and that all students can learn the requisite literacy skills to make them lifelong readers, writers, listeners, speakers, visualizers, and dramatizers.

The program faculty subscribes to the notion that, as a result of completing the program, all teachers will be knowledgeable with regard to strategies and support services to improve literacy instruction for diverse student population in urban, suburban, and rural classrooms.

Initial certification as a Literacy Specialist (grades 5-12)

Professional certification in the area(s) of certification held at the time of entrance to the graduate program.

Admission Requirements:

Completion of a baccalaureate degree at an accredited institution with a cumulative index of 3.0 and a B average in the major field. An applicant who does not meet these grade point average expectations must address them in his/her personal statement; please see the Personal Statement section of the admissions application form for further information.
Presentation of official transcripts.
Two letters of recommendation.
Copy of teacher certification.
Application and fee.
Completion of the personal-professional statement as described on the application form.
(SEE application form for more specific information.)

Required Course Credits: 39 credit hours

Required Courses:
Course	Course Title	Credits	Fieldwork	Comments
Core Courses: (9 credits)
EDU 501	Social Foundations of Education	3	No
EDU 520	Teacher-Learner Research and Inquiry	3	No
EDTS 523	Introduction to Educational Technology	3	No
Literacy Education Program Course: (21 credits)
LTED 600	Theoretical Foundations of Literacy	3	No
LTED 609	Linguistics and Language Acquisition	3	No
LTED 612	Literacy and the Diverse Learner	3	No
	LTED 625 Literacy in the Secondary Content Areas	3	No
	LTED626 Diagnosis and Remediation-secondary	3	30 hrs.
	LTED 627 Secondary Campus Based Practicum	3	No
LTED 695	Literacy Practicum/Seminar	3	20 hrs.
Literacy Education Elective: (6 credits; choose two)
LTED 615	Fostering Home-School Relationships	3	No
LTED 618	Reading Improvement Through Written Expression	3	No
LTED 619	Reading Comprehension: Process, Products, Problems	3	No
LTED 620	Performance-Based Assessment of Literacy-Based Progress	3	No
LTED 621	Reading as a Language-Based Process	3	No
LTED 622	Workshop in Literacy Instruction	3	No
LTED 623	Research of Reading Problems of Students in Special Education	3	No
LTED 628	Methods and Materials of Literacy Instruction (secondary)	3	No
LTED 629	Incorporating Young Adult Literature in the Secondary School Program	3	No
Capstone Course: (3 credits)
EDU 690	Capstone Seminar	3

To view course descriptions in the Graduate Catalog, click here.

Program Director:
Dr. Naomi Erdmann
Office: Lourdes Hall, Room 4/12
Phone: (585) 389-2614
Fax: (585) 586-2452
E-mail: nberdman@naz.edu