Graduate Reading Course Descriptions

READ 5301: Language, Literacy, & Culture. Examination of the critical roles of language and culture on the literacy development of all students, including English learners.

READ 5302: Issues in the Teaching of Literacy Using Children’s & Adolescent Literature. Critical examination of current educational issues relating to the selection and use of children's and adolescent literature when teaching literacy in the PreK-12 classroom.

READ 5303: New and Emerging Media Literacies. Exploration of new and emerging media technologies as powerful tools for enhancing K-12 students' literacy development and learning, with an emphasis on how to integrate new media literacies such as the Internet into the curriculum and enhance literacy learning the in classroom.

READ 5304: Writing Workshop. Exploration of writing as a process and product, with particular emphasis on how to teach writing effectively and creatively in the PreK-12 classroom.

READ 5305: Teaching Disciplinary Literacy to Adolescents. Examination of the research, policy, and effective practices aimed at preparing adolescents for the reading, writing, and thinking required by advanced disciplinary coursework.

READ 5306: Literacy Assessment Practicum. Field experience focused on addressing the literacy assessment needs of struggling readers and writers in PreK-12 clinical and/or classroom settings.

READ 5307: Literacy Instruction Practicum. Field experience focused on addressing the literacy instruction needs of struggling readers and writers in PreK-12 clinical and/or classroom settings.

READ 5308: Action Research for Literacy Educators. Exploration and application of action research approaches and methods for examining and enhancing classroom instruction practices and increasing students' literacy achievement outcomes in PreK-12 clinical and/or school settings.

READ 5309: Foundations of Literacy Coaching. Field experience focused on expanding literacy coaching knowledge, skills, and dispositions by studying and engaging in literacy coaching work in authentic PreK-12 clinical and/or school settings.

READ 5333: Foundations of Reading Instruction. Study of research-based reading instructional methods and strategies for emergent readers.

Literacy Coaching Strand

READ 5310: Literacy Coaching Practicum. Field experience focused on expanding literacy coaching knowledge, skills, and dispositions by studying and engaging in literacy coaching and professional development work in authentic PreK-12 clinical and/or school settings. A field-based practicum is required. READ 5310 builds on the knowledge, skills, and experiences gained in READ 5309, which is designed to prepare you for the supervised practicum. In this companion course, you will have an opportunity to apply what you learned about literacy coaching while working directly with teachers in real-world school settings.

READ 5311: Literacy Coaching as Collaborative Professional Development. Field experience focused on expanding literacy coaching knowledge, skills, and dispositions by studying and engaging in literacy coaching that focuses on professional development in authentic PreK-12 clinical and/or school settings. READ 5311 builds on the knowledge, skills, and experiences gained in READ 5309 and READ 5310, which is designed to prepare you to plan and provide professional development for PreK-12 teachers. In this companion course, you will have an opportunity to apply what you learned about literacy coaching while working directly with teachers in real-world school settings.

Dyslexia Strand

READ 5312: Diagnostic Reading Assessments Practicum. Field experience focused on training reading specialist candidates in the administration and interpretation of diagnostic reading instruments for the evaluation of children with dyslexia. Specific emphasis will be placed on standardized assessment procedures for diagnostic reading instruments as well as the interpretations of the assessment results. A field-based practicum is required. 

READ 5313: Dyslexia Reading Instruction and Intervention Practicum. Field experience focused on training reading specialist candidates in selecting and implementing dyslexia reading instruction and interventions for PreK-12 students who have been diagnosed as being dyslexic. Prerequisite: READ 5312: Diagnostic Reading Assessments Practicum. A field-based practicum is required.