Mar 28, 2024  
Spring 2020 Catalog 
    
Spring 2020 Catalog FINAL VERSION - Closed for Revisions

Graduate Certification Programs in Reading: Reading Teacher (316) Certification


This major is administered by the School of Education Office of Graduate Studies & Professional Development .

 

You may complete this certification as a specialization in the Education, M.S.E.  via Option B or by enrolling as a graduate special student and pursuing certification only.

NOTE: You must have two years of successful regular classroom teaching experience in addition to the coursework for certification.

To receive certification you must earn 9 prerequisite credits (6 from Area A and 3 from Area B) as described below. You can take them at the graduate or undergraduate level, but if you are applying the credits to a master’s degree, they must be at the graduate level. Before you take EDUC 741  you must take EDUC 309 , EDUC 310 , EDUC 386 /EDUC 586 , or ENGL 381 /ENGL 581  (for English majors). In addition, you need 13 credits from Area C below.

Area A, 6 credits


Take one course from each group.

Note


Area C courses must be earned within a seven-year period (starting with the beginning of the term the course was approved for your Program of Study).

State Mandated Tests


Pass the state-mandated Foundations of Reading Test. Teachers who have a Wisconsin “lifetime license” are not required to meet this requirement.

State Teacher Licensing Rules


Meet state teacher licensing rules which are subject to change at any time due to legislative or licensing changes.