Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) Literacy Instruction

LITERACY INSTRUCTION (M.A.T.)

This option is designed to meet the competency requirements for Washington State and SDA endorsements as a reading specialist. Additionally, the state requires graduates pass the following: the secondary methods course, the NES, and a PPA.

Prerequisites: State teacher or SDA certification, a minimum of 18 months of verified satisfactory full-time experience in education, and a current course in reading methods (taken within the past six years).

Literacy Instruction

Basic Courses

EDUC 551ACTION RESEARCH

4

EDUC 571ACTION RESEARCH LAB

4

RELT 566Contemporary Issues in Christian Thought

3

SPED 510INTRODUCTION TO SPECIAL EDUCATION AND INCLUSIVE CLASSROOMS

4

Literacy Instruction Core

EDUC 475Teaching Reading Skills in The Content Areas

3

EDUC 520TEACHING BEGINNING LITERACY

3

EDUC 533LITERATURE-BASED READING INSTRUCTION

3

EDUC 535READING DIAGNOSIS AND REMEDIATION (OR SPED 535)

3

EDUC 537THEMATIC APPROACHES TO THE TEACHING OF READING AND WRITING

3

EDUC 546READING AND WRITING ASSESSMENT

3

EDUC 549READING AND WRITING ASSESSMENT

4

ENGL 574LITERATURE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS

4

or

ENGL 576MULTI-CULTURAL LITERATURE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS

4

SPED 531PSYCHOLOGY OF READING

3

WRIT 589WRITING THEORY

3

Total Credit Hours: 47