Literacy Focus degree= 36 credits
Ohio Reading Endorsement= 12 credits at the master's level + 3 credits from undergraduate literacy work
Students can receive the Ohio Reading Endorsement without being a degree-seeking graduate student. In order to receive the Ohio Reading Endorsement participants need to have completed at least 3 credits of undergraduate literacy course work, including a phonics course. The other 12 credits will be done at the master's level in the "Focused Inquiry" courses. Should participants want to move beyond the endorsement level,they can receive a literacy-focused master's degree and elect to take to the Ohio Reading Endorsement exam.The courses will include a combination of face-to-face courses as well as others that will be blended with online components.
*All courses are 3 credits unless otherwise noted*
Core courses
- EDUC 550: Professional and Ethical Issues in Education
- EDUC 560: The Sociology of Educational Change and School Renewal
- EDUC 570: Approaches to Working with Diverse Communities
Research courses
- EDUC 590: Reading and Synthesizing Teacher Research
- EDUC 595: Planning and Implementing Teacher Research
- EDUC 600: Directed Research
Focused Inquiry courses (Reading Endorsement Courses)
- EDUC 525: Reading Development and Strategies across the Content Areas (4 credits)
- EDUC 585: Research and Advanced Study of Language Arts and Reading (4 credits)
- EDUC 605:Practicum in Reading (4 credits)
- 100 hours of practicum
Professional Studies courses (Selection of courses for 6 credits)
- EDUC 534:History of Literacy Instruction: Policy & Politics
- EDUC 536: Writing for Teaching and Learning
- Designing and Implementing Professional Learning