Course Catalog

Reading Specialist Certificati  
List of all courses and their descriptions
List of all courses, their descriptions and offerings in the schedule book

RDSP0615 - Field Experience Practicum

Spring 2024

This course is designed to serve as the practicum component to the Structured Literacy course. The practicum requires that students tutor one child two times per week using a diagnostic and prescriptive approach to construct lesson plans based on individual needs. Student will complete 12 sessions of supervised, individualized tutoring during the summer. 0 Credits
0 Credits

RDSP6010 - Structured Literacy

Spring 2024

This course is designed to train individuals in structured literacy remediation approach. Learning will consist of lectures, observation, demonstrations, and role playing. Participants will study the nature of dyslexia, the structure of the English language, and structured literacy instructional strategies based on Orton-Gillingham and other approaches. The course will include feedback regarding lesson plan preparation, practice implementing sample lessons, and tests and quizzes. 3 Credits
3 Credits

RDSP6015 - Structured Literacy Practicum

Spring 2024

This course is designed to serve as the practicum component to the Structured Literacy course. The practicum requires that students tutor one child two times per week using a diagnostic and prescriptive approach to construct lesson plans based on individual needs.
Prerequisite: Department Head Approval 1 Credits
1 Credits

RDSP6700 - Curr Trends/Issues In Literacy

Spring 2024

In this course elementary and secondary teacher candidates will be examining current crucial aspects of reading and writing from leading authorities in the field. Key topics include reading fluency, comprehension, vocabulary, English as second language learners, literacy coaching, adolescent literacy, literacy testing/coaching, technology, adolescent literacy, and writing. Each of these topics will be explored, discussed, and further researched in terms of their interpretation by literacy educators at all levels of instruction and practice and by a wide variety of opinions and positions drawn from some of today?s leading researchers and writers in the field of literacy. 3 Credits
3 Credits

RDSP6710 - Found/Prin Of Literacy Instruc

Spring 2024

Candidates will be introduced, through theory and practice, to a variety of strategies for teaching reading and writing in a k-6 setting. Phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, text comprehension and fluency are the focus of the course with a strong connection to current practice and research. Candidates will become aware of ways to analyze and implement reading programs and ways to support children as they develop as readers. Candidates will also become familiar with materials used in the classroom to support literacy development. Additionally, each student will develop the basic knowledge, skills and strategies for teaching students who are linguistically and culturally diverse and/or have diverse learning needs in the general education classroom.
Prerequisite: RDSP6700 Co-requisite: EDUC6400 3 Credits
3 Credits

RDSP6720 - Assess/Interven Early Literacy

Spring 2024

Candidates will be introduced, through theory and practice, to a variety of literacy assessment tools in a kindergarten through grade 3 setting. Assessment tools for phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, text comprehension and fluency are the focus of the course with a strong connection to current best-practice and research. Candidates will become aware of ways to analyze data to implement developmentally appropriate instruction for students of diverse reading abilities and diverse backgrounds. Candidates will become familiar with a myriad of assessment tools used in the classroom to assess literacy development and monitor progress.
Prerequisites: EDUC6400, RDSP6700, and RDSP6710 3 Credits
3 Credits

RDSP6730 - Assess/Interven In Adoles Lite

Spring 2024

Candidates will be introduced, through theory and practice, to a variety of literacy assessment tools applicable in grades 4-12. Assessment tools for text comprehension, fluency and vocabulary will be explored with a strong connection to current best practice and research. Candidates will become aware of ways to analyze data for student achievement at the school and district levels. Additionally, students will be introduced to the current means by which to monitor progress in those settings.
Prerequisites: EDUC6400, RDSP6700, RDSP6710, RDSP6720, EDUC6400 and SPED6020 3 Credits
3 Credits

RDSP6740 - Ldshp/Superv Read Spec/Lit Coa

Spring 2024

This course examines the leadership roles that reading specialists and literacy coaches play in a K-12 school setting. Candidates will examine how to effectively implement professional development at the school and district level, form a literacy team, determine a school?s literacy needs, develop a literacy plan, select and evaluate instructional and technology resources, and analyze elementary, middle and high school programs. Through a myriad of practical experiences and online discussions, candidates will reflect on the best methods to serve as a leader of a school-wide literacy team. This course is offered as an online course.
Prerequisites: RDSP6700, RDSP6710, RDSP6730, EDUC6400 and SPED6020 3 Credits
3 Credits

RDSP6750 - Practicum-Clinical Experience

Spring 2024

This capstone practicum is a 3-credit lab-based clinical experience where certificate candidates will be working directly with children in the area of literacy. Candidates will synthesize the learning of candidates in the reading specialist program. This off-campus experience affords the student the opportunity to test, diagnose, and design a literacy program suitable for an individual or small group of children and/or adolescents. The clinician will take into consideration the elements of the cognitive and affective domains as well as curriculum and instructional context. The candidate will work with ELL and/or special needs students during this time. The candidate will be observed daily by the course instructor.
Prerequistes: EDUC6400, RDSP6700, RDSP6710, RDSP6720, RDSP6730, RDSP6740 and SPED6020 and Department Head Approval 3 Credits
3 Credits