A focus on how to support literacy learning, teach struggling readers, facilitate professional development of reading teachers, and diagnose and respond to literacy challenges encountered by students.
Admission Requirements
- Hold a minimum of a bachelor's degree;
- Hold a valid bachelor's-level professional educator certificate in early childhood education, elementary education (K-6), or collaborative special education (K-6) OR a valid bachelor's-level professional educator certificate in any are of education along with a passing score on the Praxis Teaching Reading test validated for use in Alabama;
- Pass the GRE/MAT requirements OR a 3.0 GPA Undergraduate GPA OR be tenured faculty OR have an earned master's degree;
- Must have 2 years of successful teaching.
Program Requirements
| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Core Courses | ||
| ED 530 | APPLIED MULTICULTURALISM | 3 |
| ED 535 | INTRO APPLIED EDUCATIONAL RES | 3 |
| ED 540 | COGN DEV THEORIES LEARNING | 3 |
| ED 565 | INTRO DIFFERENTIATED INSTRUCTI | 3 |
| Concentration Courses | ||
| ED 510 | FOUNDATIONS OF LITERACY | 3 |
| ED 605 | READING RESEARCH & INSTRUCTION | 3 |
| ED 608 | EXPAND RDG ABIL CONT AREA INST | 3 |
| ED 612 | DIAGNOSIS & ASSMNT OF READING | 3 |
| ED 665 | DIFFNT ELEM LITERACY (R & W) | 3 |
| ED 696 | P-12 INTERNSHIP | 3 |
| Action Research Project | ||
| ED 690 | MASTER'S ACTION RESEARCH PROJ | 3 |
| Total Semester Hours | 33 | |