In Oregon, educator candidates become eligible for a state educator license by completing coursework, student teaching and assessments, used to determine their status as program completers. Once all criteria are met, candidates can then be recommended to Teacher Standards and Practices Commission (TPSC) for an educator license. Assessments during a program include subject matter test(s), a civil rights knowledge test, and a nationally-scored assessment, edTPA.. For information on Oregon testing requirements please refer to the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission website.
Tools of multiple measure are available to programs to assist candidates for whom tests or assessments present a barrier to program completion. Each licensure program in the COE has processes for utilizing the multiple measures tools which were developed by TSPC.
Literacy Education/Reading Endorsement
The COE on-campus literacy program offers face-to-face and hybrid courses designed to help preservice and inservice teachers become stronger teachers of literacy and to help teachers develop literacy leadership skills.
Students in the Literacy Education Program will:
- Develop a theoretically-grounded, research-based, multi-faceted view of reading, writing, speaking, and listening with a focus on meaning making.
- Examine the roles of and language in literacy development, assessment, and instruction.
- Evaluate the strengths and limitations of assessment tools and assessment plans.
- Use a constellation of assessments to identify students' complex patterns of literacy strengths and needs.
- Design targeted, culturally-responsive instruction.
- Plan family literacy outreach and facilitate literacy professional development experiences for colleagues.
- Master the International Literacy Association standards for reading specialists and literacy coaches.
On-Campus program options include:
- A 25-credit reading endorsement program
- A 12-credit certificate of completion
Endorsement
The PSU reading endorsement program is a 25-credit program including a core of 16 credits, 3 credits of practicum, and 6 credits of electives. The program is designed to prepare students for careers as Title I teachers, reading specialists, literacy coaches, consultants, and district-level reading and language arts coordinators. A reading endorsement is also useful for classroom teachers wishing to develop stronger knowledge about literacy and about teaching students from diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds.
Completion of the following coursework, the PRAXIS Specialty Area Exam in Reading, and a 90 hour practicum are required for an Oregon Reading (Intervention) Endorsement. No 400 or 800 level courses are accepted.
Requirements
Core (16 credits)
| READ 522 | Literacy Foundations | 3 |
| CI 528 | Literacy Assessment for Reading Specialists | 3 |
| CI 529 | School Reading Program Leadership | 3 |
| CI 536 | Language, Literacy, and Culture | 3 |
| CI 574 | Assessing and Teaching Struggling Elementary Readers | 3 |
Practicum (3 credits)
| CI 509 | Practicum: Reading Endorsement | 1-9 |
Electives (6 credits chosen in consultation with advisor)
| ECED 572 | Language and Literacy in Early Childhood Education | 3 |
| CI 547 | Advanced Elementary Literacy Methods | 3 |
| CI 520 | Linguistics for Teachers | 3 |
| CI 524 | Writing Workshop | 3 |
| READ 527 | Literature in Classrooms K-12 | 3 |
| CI 531 | Facilitating Content Area Literacy Strategies | 3 |
| Lib 529 | Young Adult Literature | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: 25