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Reading Teacher License

Graduate Study: READING LICENSE

For Candidates admitted to the Reading License program Fall 2008 or later

(Those admitted to Reading License Program after Fall 2005 and before Fall 2008: See Dr Southerland* for program details.) 

Attendance at a group advising session is required.  Check the School of Education website for the advising session schedules--http://www.ius.edu/education/GradEdAdvise.cfm#121.  More details and necessary forms will be provided at the advising session.

Requires 24 credit hours. Must hold a valid elementary, junior high/middle school, or secondary teaching license. Check with a licensing advisor to see in which grades you will be certified to teach reading.

Most candidates take at least two years to complete the coursework for this license. Be advised that some classes for this license are only offered during the summer sessions.

ADMISSION:

After attending a required READING LICENSE advising session, submit the following to Records, School of Education, Hillside Hall 0023, 4201 Grant Line Rd, New Albany, IN 47150-6405:

1. Reading License Application Form,
2. Scantron S.O.E. Graduate Study Application Form,
3. Brief cover letter (include teaching experience and why you are interested in the Reading License),
4. Transcript (an unofficial one is adequate),
5. One letter of reference from a school authority who knows your capabilities re: literacy, and
6. A copy of your current teaching license.

COURSES:

• EDUC-L 545/E 545, Advanced Study of Teaching Reading in Elementary School; 3 credit hours**          
• EDUC-L 559, Trade Books and the Elementary Classroom  
  (Undergraduate course will NOT fulfill requirement),  OR 
  EDUC-L 535, Adolescent Literature; 3 cr.hrs.
• EDUC-L 549/E 549, Advanced Study of Teaching Language Arts in Elem School, OR  
  EDUC-S 516, Advanced Study of Secondary School English Language Arts; 3 cr.hrs.     
• EDUC-X504, Diagnosis of Reading Difficulties in Classroom;  3 cr.hrs.**
  (Must have taken E545 or S514 prior to enrolling in this course)
• EDUC-K 590, Special Topics: Methods of High Incidence***;  3 cr.hrs.
  (prerequisite for K590: K205 or K505 within the last 10 years, or current classroom experience with special education)
  ***With permission, another graduate level special education course may receive approval. (File a petition.)
• EDUC-L520,  ESL/EFL:  Approaches to Instruction and Assessment (course number may change);  3 cr.hrs.**
• One of the following:  3 cr.hrs.
                    EDUC-E 514, Newspaper in Education,
                    EDUC-E 514, Engaging Children and Families in Literacy
                    EDUC-E 515, Workshop in Elementary Reading,
                    EDUC-E 518, Workshop: Integrating the Arts of Language,
                    EDUC-S 514, Advanced Study of the Teaching of Reading in the Secondary School,
                    EDUC-W 553, Gifted and Talented (NOT same as W551 Educ. & Psych. Gifted),
                    Approved Graduate level writing course (See coordinator/advisor for approval),
                    Voyager class fulfilled in your classroom,
                    Approved Graduate level ENL/ESL course,
                   Other approved literacy-related course (See coordinator/advisor for approval).  (Credits from Reading Recovery,  Indiana/Kentucky Writing Project, etc. fit this category.  You must have a transcript showing graduate credit hours from an accredited institutuion to fulfill the requirement. If you have these specific credits on a transcript, there is no need to file a petition.  If asking for approval for other classes, file a Petition for Exception form with documentation (course description, course curricula, and transcript(s).  Submit documents to the Graduate Licensing Advisor, Jane Riehl (Hillside #0031, 812/941.2449, jriehl@ius.edu).
  
• EDUC-X 525, Practicum in Reading; 3 cr.hrs.**
  (To be taken at the end of the program.  Apply for practicum at least 6 months prior to registering.)        

NOTE: E545/L545 and E549/L549 may not be taken during the same semester.

NOTE: Many of these courses require permission to enroll, indicated by “PERM” in the Schedule of Classes. Contact Melissa Sutherland*  for  permission. Always provide your ten-digit IUS student ID # with any request.

*Dr Melissa Sutherland: HH 108 B, 812/941.2182, mlsuther@ius.edu.

**Several of the literacy courses have assessment assignments/writing requirements for the program embedded in the course syllabi. Therefore, if petitioning to get credit for a course with an embedded assessment requirement, the student must submit the assessment piece(s) to meet the license requirements. This holds true for transfer credits, as well. Courses that possess an assessment assignment/writing requirement are noted above with a double asterisk**. Contact M Sutherland* for details.

Updated: December 5, 2008

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