Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) Literacy Instruction
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: State teacher or SDA 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 551 | ACTION RESEARCH | 4 |
| EDUC 571 | ACTION RESEARCH LAB | 4 |
| RELT 566 | Contemporary Issues in Christian Thought | 3 |
| SPED 510 | INTRODUCTION TO SPECIAL EDUCATION AND INCLUSIVE CLASSROOMS | 4 |
Literacy Instruction Core
| EDUC 475 | Teaching Reading Skills in The Content Areas | 3 |
| EDUC 520 | TEACHING BEGINNING LITERACY | 3 |
| EDUC 533 | LITERATURE-BASED READING INSTRUCTION | 3 |
| EDUC 535 | READING DIAGNOSIS AND REMEDIATION (OR SPED 535) | 3 |
| EDUC 537 | THEMATIC APPROACHES TO THE TEACHING OF READING AND WRITING | 3 |
| EDUC 546 | READING AND WRITING ASSESSMENT | 3 |
| EDUC 549 | READING AND WRITING ASSESSMENT | 4 |
| ENGL 574 | LITERATURE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS | 4 |
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| ENGL 576 | MULTI-CULTURAL LITERATURE FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG ADULTS | 4 |
| SPED 531 | PSYCHOLOGY OF READING | 3 |
| WRIT 589 | WRITING THEORY | 3 |
Total Credit Hours: 47