Master of Education in Reading Education (Reading Specialist Concentration, Early Childhood Through Grade Twelve Professional Certification)

The reading program prepares certified teachers to enhance the language and literacy development of all students in diverse educational settings. The reading education program takes its mission statement of "a community of equity-minded literacy professionals" seriously, as evidenced by faculty research interests and their work with master's students, in and out of the classroom. Students can expect a rigorous, research-based learning experience in multiple areas of language and literacy development. Course work deepens teachers' understanding of theory, research, assessment, and practice within culturally and linguistically diverse settings. Faculty regularly present at conferences and publish with students engaged in classroom research. The program's goal is to strengthen the pedagogical practice of our students and to actively serve the Pre-K-12 students of Texas and beyond.The Master of Education (M.Ed.) degree with a major in Reading Education consists of course work in language and literacy development, reading and writing theory and research, teaching literacy from PK through grade 16 and in community-based contexts, teaching with children’syoung adultadult literature, teaching reading and writing in a multilingualmulticultural environment, and literacy assessment. Reading Education students are prepared to meet the International Reading Association professional standards for Reading SpecialistLiteracy Coach or the Reading Administrator.

baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited universityofficial transcripts from each institution where course credit was grantedminimum 2.75 GPA in the last 60 hours of undergraduate course work (plus any completed graduate courses)GRE not requiredstatement of purpose (3–5 pages, double-spaced) describing current teaching of literacy, objectives in enrolling in the program, and goals for improving literacy instructioncopy of official teaching certificate (and preferably at least one year of teaching experience) Note- Texas requires at least two years of teaching experience before teachers are eligible to take the Reading Specialist certification exam.IELTS (academic) - overall scores required 6.5 and minimum individual module scores of 6.0TOEFL iBT - overall scores required with a 78 overall and minimum individual module scores of (19 listening, 19 reading, 19 speaking, 18 writing)TOEFL Scores for all certification applicants-Applicants are required to submit TOEFL scores that meet the minimum program requirements below unless they have earned a bachelor’s degree or higher from a regionally accredited U.S. institution.TOEFL iBT - overall 89 scores with minimum individual scores of 22 listening 22 reading 24 speaking 21 writing