Reading, M.S.Ed. (Reading Specialist—Type 10 Certification)

This program is designed for teachers already holding initial certification who are interested in developing their literacy teaching or in applying to be a Reading Specialist. The reading sequence fulfills the state of Illinois guidelines for the preparation of Reading Specialists (Type 10). Visit the Illinois State Board of Education for specific requirements, updates and amendments.

As a Master of Science in Education degree, this program is also designed to enable students to pursue continued study at the post master’s level.

In addition to National College of Education Graduate Admissions Requirements, applicants must:

  • Submit official scores from the Miller Analogies Test
  • Have a valid teaching certificate
  • Pass the Test of Academic Proficiency (TAP)
  • Have at least two years of full-time contract teaching under a valid and active teaching certificate

This degree requires:

  • 37 SH
  • A five-week summer practicum
  • Membership in professional literacy organization
  • An electronic portfolio
  • A thesis

Required Courses

MSED Core - 10 SH

ESR503Applied Research Methods for Educational Psychologists

ESR505Educational Inquiry and Assessment

EPS541Cognition and Instruction

FND511Social and Cultural Politics of Education: Personal and Contextual Perspectives

Program - 27 SH

RLR501Teaching Beginning Reading

RLR502Teaching Comprehension and Content Reading

RLW541Teaching Writing

RLL520Survey of Literature for Children and Adolescents

or

RLL528Survey of Multicultural Literature K-12

and

RLR510Diagnosis and Assessment of Reading

RLR511Corrective Techniques for the Reading Specialist

RLR592APracticum in Remedial Reading A: Elementary

RLR592BPracticum in Remedial Reading B: Grades 6-12

RLR518Leadership and Professional Development in Reading

RLR599Thesis/Reading Education