Required Coursework

Our next reading teacher licensure cohort is scheduled to begin in Summer 2010.  For more information, please contact Lori Fredrich!

Reading Teacher (Wisconsin License 316)

Basic Requirements of State of Wisconsin

  1. Two years of classroom teaching experience

  2. Wisconsin Teaching License

  3. 18 hours of coursework with 12 of these post-bachelor's

Required Courses

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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 ofEducation, including EDPL 6560 and 6970.       

Get your reading teacher license with a Master of Arts degree at Marquette!

Program handbook & planning forms

 

Reading Specialist (Wisconsin License 317)

Basic Requirements of State of Wisconsin

  1. Two years of successful regular classroom teaching experience

  2. Wisconsin Teaching License   

  3. 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 Adminstration 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.

Program handbook & planning forms

 

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 performance assessments. Satisfactory completion of these assessments will demonstrate that the teacher has met that particular IRA standard. Each assessment, 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.

 

 
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