Reading
(33 or 36 semester-hours)
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, Orland Park, and other off site campuses.
Program Requirements
| EDUG 554 | Language Development and Literacy Instruction for Diverse Learners | (3) |
| EDUG 570 | Technology and the Reading Specialist | (3) |
| EDUG 571 | Teaching Reading: Theory and Practice | (3) |
| EDUG 572 | The Reading-Writing Connection | (3) |
| EDUG 573 | Literature for Children and Adolescents | (3) |
| EDUG 574 | Teaching Reading in Content Area | (3) |
| EDUG 576 | Clinical Practicum I: Diagnostic Teaching/Testing of Reading Disabilities | (3) |
| EDUG 577 | Clinical Practicum II: Diagnostic Teaching/Testing of Reading Disabilities | (3) |
| EDUG 578 | Curriculum Development and Supervision of Reading/ Language Arts Programs | (3) |
| EDUG 513 | Educational Research Design and Development | (3) |
| EDUG 514 | Scholarship of Teaching: Finalizing the Research Process* | (3) |
*Candidates who choose to complete the research study developed in EDUG 513 enroll in EDUG 514. In lieu of completion of the study, candidates may enroll in two additional graduate courses in education at Saint Xavier University. The two courses should further the candidate's professional goals, and the courses selected must be approved by the director of Graduate Studies.
( ) = credit- hours / / = classroom hours
Saint Xavier University 2008-2009 Catalog
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