Literacy Instruction Concentration

This concentration is designed for practicing educators who wish to enrich their competency and may lead to Washington State and/or NAD endorsement as a reading specialist once all requirements are met including any state-required assessments. Any students wishing to pursue the endorsement must work closely with their advisors and the certification officer when choosing electives and project fulfillment.

Concentration Core

EDUC 475	Teaching Reading Skills in The Content Areas	3
EDUC 535/SPED 535	Reading Diagnosis and Remediation	3
EDUC 546	Reading and Writing Assessment	3
EDUC 549	21st-Century Literacies	3
ENGL 574	Literature for Children and Young Adults	4
SPED 531	Psychology of Reading	3
WRIT 589	Writing Theory	3

Select one of the following

EDUC 520	Teaching Beginning Literacy	3
EDUC 533	Literature-Based Reading Instruction	3
EDUC 537	Thematic Approaches to Literacies Instruction	3
Total Credit Hours:		25