Advanced Studies in Teaching and Learning

ASTL: Literacy: Reading Specialist Graduate Certificate (E1-CERG-ALRS)

Required Courses (21 credits) All courses must be taken in sequence

This sequence provides coursework leading to VA Reading Specialist license.

EDRD 630: Advanced Literacy Foundations and Instruction, Birth to Middle Childhood (3 credit hours)
EDRD 631: Advanced Literacy Foundations and Instruction, Adolescence through Adulthood (3 credit hours)
EDRD 632: Literacy Assessments and Interventions for Groups (3 credit hours)
EDRD 633: Literacy Assessments and Interventions for Individuals (3 credit hours) (Corequisite: EDRD 637)
EDRD 637: Supervised Literacy Practicum (2-3 credit hours) (Must be taken concurrently with EDRD 633)
EDRD 634: School-Based Leadership in Literacy (3 credit hours)
EDRD 635: School-Based Inquiry in Literacy (3 credit hours)

Literacy: K-12 Reading Specialist Concentration form (pdf)