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Literacy Instruction (M.A.T.)

This option is designed to meet the competency requirements for Washington State and SDA endorsements as a reading specialist. Additionally, the state requires graduates pass the following: the secondary methods course, the NES, and a PPA.

Prerequisites: Teacher certification, a minimum of 18 months of verified satisfactory full-time experience in education, and a current course in reading methods (taken within the past six years).

Literacy Instruction

Basic Courses

EDUC 551Action Research

4
EDUC 571Action Research Lab

4
RELT 566Issues in Religion and Culture

3
SPED 510Introduction to Special Education and Inclusive Classrooms

4

Literacy Instruction Core

EDUC 475Teaching Reading Skills in The Content Areas

3
EDUC 520Teaching Beginning Literacy

3
EDUC 533Literature-Based Reading Instruction

3
EDUC 535/SPED 535Reading Diagnosis and Remediation

3
EDUC 537Thematic Approaches to Literacies Instruction

3
EDUC 546Reading and Writing Assessment

3
EDUC 54921st Century Literacies

4
ENGL 574Literature for Children and Young Adults

4
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SPED 531Psychology of Reading

3
WRIT 589Writing Theory

3

Total Credit Hours: 47