RLR 585N Workshop: Reading Literacy Methods for School Support Personnel

This workshop is designed for candidates completing endorsement programs for school counselors. Participants will enhance their knowledge of literacy development, teaching, and learning. Course expectations include identifying stages of and influences upon reading development, demonstrating understanding of barriers to attaining literacy, and assessment tools for identifying areas of weakness. Students will be expected to gain awareness of the roles of various school support personnel with regard to literacy learning, such as formulating action plans based on case studies, identifying literacy teaching practices that affirm cultural and linguistic diversity that support bilingual education, and synthesizing concepts learned into a statement of application to counseling practices.

Credits

0.5 or 1.0

Prerequisite

None.

Corequisite

None.