The Department of Reading Education.......

Dr. Joan Simmons and Assistant Julie Kumbier

The graduate program in reading provides certified teachers with the opportunity to develop expertise in reading. The program is designed for those who wish to be licensed as reading teachers or who wish to prepare for service as reading specialists.

Upon completion of a M.S.E. in Reading Education, students will:

• demonstrate knowledge and the skill and ability to apply that knowledge, of:
• elementary school reading programs and the students they serve;
• secondary school reading programs and the students they serve;
• literacy assessment techniques applicable to individual students and classroom groups;
• interactive literacy intervention techniques;
• educational research methodology;
• research in the area of reading education;
  and the administration and supervision of K-12 reading programs.

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