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Reading Certification
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WHAT QUALITIES AND SKILLS DOES A READING
TEACHER HAVE ?
A Reading Teacher (316)
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Has high expectations for student
learning and behavior
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Recognizes the need for strong
family and community involvement to support the child's literacy
development
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Demonstrates leadership in
advocating for the reading needs of all students
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Collaborates with coaches and
classroom teachers to assess for reading difficulty and plan for reading
support
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Provides reading resources for
students, parents, colleagues, and community
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Often is a Title I teacher
A Reading Specialist
(317) does all of the above and
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Plans, implements, coordinates,
and assesses a comprehensive K-12 Reading/Language Arts program
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Works collaboratively with the
administration in supervising the K-12 Reading/Language Arts program and
reports annually to the school board on its progress
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Models collaborating with
families and community members, responds to diverse community interest
and needs, and utilizes community resources
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Understands, responds to,
and interacts with the larger political, economic, cultural, and
research context of effective reading instruction
WHAT
COURSES DO I NEED TO COMPLETE THE 316 READING TEACHER CERTIFICATION?
If you have successfully completed reading courses such as Communication Arts, Young Adult
or Children�s Literature you may already have some of the courses
needed to begin the reading certification program.
Area
A
One
3 credit course is required at both elementary and secondary levels:
Elementary
ED 308/508, Developmental Reading
ED 309/509, Methods/Materials for Teaching Reading II
Secondary
ED 386/586, Reading in the Secondary School
English 381/581, Reading for the Teacher of English
Area B
One 3 credit course from the
following
selection
is required:
ED 327, Teaching Reading to Gifted &Talented Students
ED 383/583, Tests & Measurements
English 275, Children's Literature
English 375/575, Literature for Adolescents
ED 306, Experimental & Statistical Methods in Education
Research
Area
C
13 credits must be earned from the
selections listed below. The following courses are offered only at the
times specified and must be taken in this sequential order.
Fall
ED 740, Reading Teacher Portfolio (1 credit) (extends from Fall
through Spring - Internet) (As of 2005 the DPI
requires a Reading Teacher Portfolio for certification)
ED 741, Improvement in the Teaching of Reading (3 credits) (Prereq: ED
308/508 or ED 309/509)
Spring
ED 746, Diagnosis & Evaluation of Reading Abilities (3 credits)
Summer
ED 747, Remedial Reading (3 credits)
ED 748, Remedial Reading Practicum (3 credits)
HOW
LONG WILL IT TAKE TO ACQUIRE READING TEACHER 316 CERTIFICATION?
To
acquire the 316 license it is possible to begin the program in the
summer (taking courses such as Reading in the Secondary School), then taking fall,
spring, and summer courses, completing the certification program in about
a year. At the time you apply for certification, you must provide
documentation of
2 years full-time
K-12 teaching.
WHAT ADDITIONAL STEPS ARE REQUIRED TO
ACQUIRE A (317) READING SPECIALIST CERTIFICATION?
You must have a Master's Degree in an Education related
field, 3 years of full-time K-12 teaching, and the following courses:
Spring
ED 749 Seminar in Reading (3 credits)
ED 750 Supervision and Administration of Reading Programs (3
credits)
ED 798 Reading Specialist Portfolio (1 credit, concurrent with
750)
Summer
ED 528 Reading in Content Areas (3 credits, odd years)
ED 751 WI Reading Research Symposium (1 or 3 credits - offered every
summer)
HOW
DO I APPLY?
You
will need a program review in order to get advice about your
individualized plan of study. Please submit the following:
A copy of
your transcripts (does not need to be an official transcript).
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Your name, address,
email, and both work and home phone numbers.
* If
you have an already established
graduate degree file at
UW-Stevens Point that includes a copy of your teaching license and all updated transcripts, please indicate this in your letter.
Submit to:
Dr. Erlinda Reyes, Reading Coordinator
School of Education, College of Professional Studies
University of Wisconsin - Stevens Point
Stevens Point, WI 54481
(715) 346-4427
ereyes@uwsp.edu
CAN
I ACQUIRE MY MASTER�S DEGREE AS WELL AS CERTIFICATION?
You
may incorporate reading certification into a master's degree via the
Master of Science in Education - General Degree (Option B). You will want
to apply early. No more than nine credits completed as a graduate candidate may be accepted in the master's program plan.
Contact School of Education Graduate Advising, Room 438, College of
Professional Studies at 715-346-4403 or
www.uwsp.edu/education/graduate for an application to pursue
graduate study.
WHAT IF I HAVE OTHER QUESTIONS ?
Contact the
UW-Stevens Point Reading Coordinator at 715-346-4427 or ereyes@uwsp.edu.
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