Coordinators:
Dr. Erica Boling (732-932-7496, ext. 8218; email: erica.boling@gse.rutgers.edu)
Please visit the website.
This reading specialist certification program requires a New Jersey standard instructional certificate and two years of documented full-time teaching experience prior to enrollment in the program.
This program prepares teachers to serve as Reading Specialists in the public school systems (K-12). The program is designed to enable teachers to plan programs appropriate for children of differing abilities and diverse cultural backgrounds based on research and theory, to foster a vision of literacy learning as an active social process in which students become engaged readers with strategies for independent reading, and the motivation to read for pleasure and for information.
Core Courses (12 credits)
15:299:561 Theoretical Foundations of Literacy - Research, Policy, and Practice (3)
15:299:564 Diagnosis and Correction of Reading Difficulties (3)
15:299:565 Clinical Practicum in Reading (Laboratory in Remedial Reading) (3)
15:299:566 Literacy Research and Supervision (3)
Literacy Methods (9 credits)
Select three courses from the following:
15:250:592 Summer Institute in Literacy (3)
15:252:517 Teaching the Language Arts (3)
15:252:519 Seminar in Children's Writing (3)
15:252:521 Teachers as Writers (3)
15:252:522 Digital Literacies (3)
15:252:525 Writing Project Workshop: Bringing Research and Theory into Practice (1,3, or 6)
15:252:592 Teaching Struggling Readers (3)
15:299:514 Literacy Development in the Early Years (3)
15:299:516 Literacy Development in the Elementary and Middle School (3)
15:299:533 Coaching: Leadership, Supervision, and Professional Development (3)
Materials for Children and Adolescents (3 credits)
Select one course from the following:
15:252:520 Adolescent Literature (3)
15:299:509 Children's Literature in the Early Childhood and Elementary School Curriculum (3)
17:610:548 Materials for Young Adults (3)
17:610:547 Materials for Children (3)
Study in Each of the Following Departments (6 credits):
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Educational Theory, Policy, and Administration (3 credits):
Select course related to administration and supervision of curriculum and instruction in consultation with an adviser.
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Educational Psychology (3 credits): Select course related to learning, cognition, and development in consultation with an adviser.
Electives from Outside the Program (6 credits)
Select courses in related areas (e.g., English, language education, special education, and women's studies) in consultation with an adviser.
Additional Requirements
A portfolio project is a required culminating activity for the program. More information about this requirement is available from the program faculty.
