Reading Major

Knowledge Base: Theme Statement ofReading Program The Reading program prepares reading professionals who understand reading to be a constructive language process with critical linguistic, cognitive, and socio-cultural din1ensions. Graduates will be able to conceptualize and create reading instruction which is sensitive to the thought and language of individual readers, author and the texts they create, and situational and cultural contexts.

The Reading Major is planned to offer classroom teachers an opportunity to improve their knowledge and skills in the teaching of reading and to provide a reading teacher endorsement for those who may desire to become special reading teachers. The courses required by the Ohio Department of Education for the reading endorsement certificate are included in the program. Those applying for the Reading Endorsement mu t pass the appropriate Praxis II exam.

Students who complete the full degree program in reading will take a minimum of 48 quarter hours of work at the graduate level. Reading Endorsement and major programs require a minimum of 125 clock hours of substantive field experience. These hours are distributed across Education 664, 666 and 667. Student performance in the field is formally evaluated by a college-appointed supervisor. Because of the sequential nature of the Reading Endorsement courses, the student should seek the advice of the Education Advisor in the Office of Graduate Programs at the beginning of the Reading Endorsement Program.

Graduate course work and the Capstone Project are designed to prepare teachers to maximize the potential of every child and to take a leadership role at the school or district level to assure that the learning needs of all students are met.

Courses for the Reading Major

Core Courses

EDUC 600 Liberal Art and Philosophies of Education 3 hrs

EDUC 602 Current Issues in Education 3 hrs

EDUC 604 Foundations of Educational Research and Educational Statistics 3 hrs

EDUC 606 Teacher As Inquirer 3 hrs

EDUC 620 Equity, Diversity and Social Justice 3 hrs Core Total 15 hrs

Major Courses

EDUC 660 Reading Foundations

5 hrs EDUC 661 Literacy In Content Areas (On-line) 5 hrs EDUC 662 Children's Literature in a Comprehensive Reading Program 4 hrs or EDUC663 Adolescent Literature in a Comprehensive Reading Program EDUC664 Reading Assessment and Instruction 5 hrs EDUC666 Reading Research and Instruction 4 hrs EDUC667 Clinical/Field Experience In Reading 5 hrs Major Total 28 hrs

EDUC695 Capstone Hours or eminar 5 hrs Minimum Total Reading Credit Hours 48 hrs

ote: There is an additional fee for each Cap tone hour. Please consult the College website or contact the Business Office for a complete Ii toffees. Fee waivers may not be used for the co t of Capstone hours.