Pre-Requisite Courses (3 Cr.)
7500C: Emergent to Fluent Literacy
Emergent to fluent literacy acquisition for students with diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds and students with special needs; assessments of semantic, syntactic, phonic and phonemic awareness.
15 hrs. fieldwork, 3 credits, 3 hrs. weekly
Foundations of Literacy Courses (19 Cr.)
7510C: Literacy Strategies & Resources Across the Curriculum, Birth-6
This course emphasizes strategies for teaching K-6 content-area literacy, differentiated instruction, multi-modal texts and children’s literature.
3 credits, 3 hrs. weekly
1300E: Negotiating Curriculum Standards, Children’s Inquiries, and Appropriate Multicultural Materials
This course emphasizes developing and adapting curricula to support students’ engaged learning.
20 hrs. fieldwork design and implementation, 3 credits, 3 hrs. weekly
2000C: First and Second Language/Dialect and Literacy Acquisition
Current research and applications building on language strength and connecting oral and print literacies.
8 hrs. fieldwork, 3 credits, 3 hrs. wk.
1700G: Home-School Partnerships for Literacy
Theoretical and practical approaches to building equitable home-school partnerships that support children’s literacy development.
8 hrs. fieldwork, 3 credits, 3 hrs. weekly.
2700C: Literacy for Struggling Readers and Writers Creation of high standard literacy instruction for learners struggling with academic tasks.
8 hrs. fieldwork, 3 Cr., 3 hrs..
1400E: Writing for Teachers
Scaffolding professional and academic writing.
8 hrs. fieldwork, 2 credits., 2 hrs. weekly.
1700E: Critical Use of Technology for Literacy Instructors
Examination of relevant technological resources for classroom use.
2 credits, 2 hrs. weekly.
Transformative Literacy Project (9 Cr.)
1500C: Linking Literacy Assessment, Instruction & Learning
Methodologies for reading and writing assessment and subsequent instructional implications
3 credits, 3 hrs. weekly.
1600C: Literacy Inquiry Practicum
One-to-one weekly inquiry-based practicum that ends with a Readers/Writers Café.
18 hrs. practicum, 3 credits, 3 hrs.
1600E: Small-Group Literacy Inquiry Practicum
Support inquiry-based literacy acquisition with small groups of children.
18 hrs. practicum, 3 credits, 3 hrs..
Research Sequence (7 Cr.)
7801C: Beginning Literacy Research Seminar
Introduction to classroom-based research and action research methodology; forming a research question; developing skills in critique and analysis of research.
2 Cr, 2hrs. wk..
7802C: Literacy Research Seminar II
Refinement of action research question and review of literature relevant to this question. Developed articulation of conceptual framework and theoretical framework.
2 credits, 2 hrs. weekly.
7803C: Literacy Research Seminar III
Consolidate research design, finalize literature review. Begin data collection and data analysis.
2 credits, 2 hrs. weekly.
7804C: Literacy Research Seminar IV
Finalize data collection and data analysis. Identify findings and implications. Public presentation of research implications to other educators.
1 credit, 1 hr. weekly.
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