Reading (Type 10 Reading Specialist)
The graduate program in reading is designed for practicing teachers who wish to develop their expertise in evidence-based language and literacy instruction, assessment, family and community involvement, computer applications, instruction for urban and culturally and linguistically diverse learners, and literacy research. It prepares graduates for positions as reading specialists in elementary and secondary schools, as well as instructors in community colleges or workplace reading programs.
This program is designed with the full-time teacher in mind with an emphasis on immediate classroom literacy applications. Graduate reading students seeking Type 10 certification must have a valid teaching certificate, a minimum of two years of teaching experience upon completion of the program, and meet the requirements for the state of Illinois special teaching certificate in reading. This program is offered in the cohort model at the Chicago and Orland Park campuses, as well as other off site campuses.
Program Requirements (33 Credit Hours)
| EDGRS 523 | Language Development and Literacy Instruction for Diverse Learners | (3) |
| EDGRS 521 | Technology and the Reading Specialist | (3) |
| EDGRS 527 | Teaching Reading: Theory and Practice | (3) |
| EDGRS 520 | The Reading-Writing Connection | (3) |
| EDGRS 524 | Literature for Children and Adolescents | (3) |
| EDGRS 522 | Teaching Reading in Content Area | (3) |
| EDGRS 525 | Assessment and Evaluation | (3) |
| EDGRS 528 | Practicum II: Diagnostic Teaching/Testing of Reading Disabilities | (3) |
| EDGRS 526 | Curriculum Development and Supervision of Reading/ Language Arts Programs | (3) |
| EDGRS 513 | Educational Research, Design and Development | (3) |
| EDGRS 529 | Practicum for Literacy Leaders | (3) |
( ) = credit- hours / / = classroom hours
