Certification and Licensure
NOTE: In an effort to bring our reading/literacy programs into closer compliance with the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction standards and provide a more flexible, higher quality experience for our students, we will be taking the next year to reevaluate our current programs.
As a result, Marquette will NOT be recruiting a cohort of students for the Reading Teacher, Reading Specialist, or Master of Arts in Literacy programs during the 2012-2013 academic year. Please keep in touch for news about when we plan to offer future cohorts. If you would like to be on our mailing list for information about future cohorts, please email lori.fredrich@marquette.edu
Licensure Offered at Marquette
Students also have the option to complete reading licensure with a Master of Arts degree at Marquette!
Reading Teacher (Wisconsin License 316)
Basic Requirements of State of Wisconsin
- Two years of classroom teaching experience
- Wisconsin Teaching License
- 18 hours of coursework with 12 of these post-bachelor's
Required Courses
- EDPL 6460 Literacy and Children's Literature for the Primary Grades
- EDPL 6470 Literacy and Children's Literature for the Intermediate Grades
- EDUC 6020 Reading in the Content Areas
- EDPL 6480 Literature for Children and Adolescents OR three one credit courses in Children's and/or Adolescent Literature as approved by advisor OR literature integrated into the above courses
- EDPL 6560 Literacy Assessment and Instruction
- EDPL 6970 Practicum: Literacy Assessment & Instruction
Marquette students completing a program of coursework are not automatically recommended for certification. They must also earn the recommendation of the reading faculty based on their demonstrated proficiency in the teaching of development reading to children from early childhood through adolescent, and to students with learning disabilities. Students must achieve a satisfactory rating on a series of performance assessments which must be included in a literacy portfolio. Also, students must complete at least nine hours of work in the Marquette University School of Education, including EDPL 6560 and 6970.
Literacy Portfolio Requirement
Reading Specialist (Wisconsin License 317)
For students who have already achieved the Reading Teacher/316 licensure, we will be offering course work toward the Reading Specialist licensure to a new cohort beginning in Spring 2011. Limited scholarship funding is available! For more information, please contact Lori Fredrich!
Basic Requirements of State of Wisconsin
- Two years of successful regular classroom teaching experience
- Wisconsin Teaching License
- Master's degree or 30 hours of graduate coursework equivalent to a master's degree
Required Courses
- EDPL 6460 Literacy and Children's Literature for the Primary Grades
- EDPL 6470 Literacy and Children's Literature for the Intermediate Grades
- EDUC 6020 Reading in the Content Areas
- EDPL 6480 Literature for Children and Adolescents OR three one credit courses in Children's and/or Adolescent Literature as approved by advisor OR literature integrated into the above courses
- EDPL 6560 Literacy Assessment and Instruction
- EDPL 6970 Practicum: Literacy Assessment & Instruction
- EDPL 6570 Supervision and Administration of Literacy Programs
- EDPL 6580 Psychology of Reading Instruction
- EDPL 6975 Practicum in the Supervision and Administration of Reading Programs
- EDPL 6860 Supervision of Instruction
Students completing a program of coursework are not automatically recommended for certification. Students must achieve a satisfactory rating on all performance assessments included in a literacy portfolio. These materials must demonstrate expertise in guiding and directing K-12 reading programs including research related to reading, supervision of instruction, and knowledge of how to support content area reading teachers in their teaching of reading.
The Literacy Portfolio
All persons seeking a license to teach, administer, or counsel students in early childhood through 12th grade in the State of Wisconsin must have a portfolio to demonstrate their competencies. Because the Marquette University College of Education's reading teacher and reading licensure program is based on the International Reading Association's 2003 standards, all teachers will organize their portfolios around the five IRA Standards.
In each required course, students will be asked to complete assignments, some of which are call critical tasks. Satisfactory completion of these critical tasks will demonstrate that the teacher has met that particular IRA standard. Each critical task, and the scored rubric, must be included in the students' portfolio. Inclusion of all 18 critical tasks required for the Reading Teacher License with their scored rubric and 26 tasks for the Reading Specialist License with their scored rubric is required. All portfolios will be handed in at the time that the license is applied for.
