Literacy Education

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Chair: Norman A. Stahl

Graduate Faculty

Chris L. Carger, associate professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois, Chicago
Karen Carrier, associate professor, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania 
Ana Colomb, assistant professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois, Chicago
Mayra C. Daniel, assistant professor, Ed.D., Illinois State University
Laurie Elish-Piper, professor, Ph.D., University of Akron
Francine Falk-Ross, associate professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois, Chicago
Susan L’Allier, assistant professor, Ed.D., Harvard University
Pamela Nelson, assistant professor, Ed.D., Northern Illinois University
Richard A. Orem, Presidential Teaching Professor, Ed.D., University of Georgia
Donald J. Richgels, Presidential Research Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Norman A. Stahl, professor, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Alfred W. Tatum, associate professor, Ph.D., University of Illinois, Chicago

The Department of Literacy Education offers the M.S.Ed. degree in literacy education and the Ed.D. degree in curriculum and instruction with a specialization in literacy education. A list of requirements for each program is available in the department office. Several courses of study leading to certification, endorsement, and teacher approval are also offered. The department offers course work pertaining to literacy, intercultural, and language education across the lifespan, including work in reading, the language arts, children’s literature, bilingual education, English as a second language, and multicultural education.

Master of Science in Education
Literacy education

Doctor of Education Curriculum and instruction

Internships

The Department of Literacy Education offers graduate internships in literacy fields including reading, language arts, children’s literature, bilingual education, English as a second language, and adult literacy. For further information and internship possibilities, see course descriptions and consult with an adviser.

Certification at the Graduate Level

K-12 reading specialist certification is designed for teachers who wish to gain additional competencies which will enable them to work effectively with learners, teachers, and K-12 school-community personnel in improving reading instruction in the schools. The reading teacher endorsement is a 24-semester-hour requirement for reading teachers whose major teaching assignment is reading in other than a self-contained classroom. This is a teaching qualification on an existing certificate or an endorsement on a new certificate.

Approval to teach English as a second language and bilingual education can be earned through a program of 18 semester hours of combined course work in the Departments of Literacy Education, English, and Leadership, Educational Psychology and Foundations. These approvals must be attached to a Type 03 (elementary) or Type 09 (secondary) initial teacher certificate.

Students who wish to make application for certification and/or endorsement should contact the Department of Literacy Education for further information.

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