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  The Graduate School of Education 2017–2019 Nondegree Skill Development Programs Programs in the Department of Learning and Teaching Literacy Instruction  

Literacy Instruction


Coordinator: Dr. Erica Boling (848-932-0774; erica.boling@gse.rutgers.edu)

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This 12-credit graduate certificate is available to students enrolled in master's and doctoral programs in many fields at Rutgers University, and is open to all with a bachelor's degree. The certificate program is designed to allow educators to develop expertise in the teaching of literacy, enabling them to optimize literacy learning opportunities for students at the elementary, middle, and high school levels. Graduate students from programs outside of the field of education are also welcome; those students will acquire knowledge about the processes of literacy development and current instructional methodologies.

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

Total Minimum Credits: 12

Select up to three of the following courses:

05:300:423  Teaching Writing: Social and Cognitive Dimensions (English ed students only) (3)

15:252:519  Teaching Writing for Children and Adolescents (3)

15:252:592  Topics in English Education: Teaching Struggling Readers (3)
 
15:299:514  Literacy Development in the Early Years (3)
or 
05:300:494  Literacy Development in the Early Years (3)

15:299:516  Literacy Development in the Elementary and Middle School (3)
or 
05:300:495  Literacy Development in the Elementary and Middle School (3)

Select one of the following courses:

15:252:520  Adolescent Literature for Secondary Students (3)

15:299:509  Children's Literature in the Early Childhood and Elementary School Curriculum (3)

Select up to one course:

15:299:561  Theoretical Foundations of Literacy-Research, Policy, and Practice (3)

With prior approval from the program coordinator, courses approved for the reading specialist Ed.M. may be substituted.
 
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