Reading Specialist: Literacy Leadership, M.S.

Candidates must submit:

• Application for graduate study
• Official transcripts conferring bachelor’s degree (minimum of 3.00的绩点*) from an accredited institution; graduate transcripts if applicable.
• 教学证书复印件-马里兰州教育部标准专业证书(SPC I或SPC II). 具有专业资格认证或完成教师准备课程并通过实践II分数的证据的学生可以被接受代替教师认证.  持有马里兰州以外州执照或证书的教师还必须提供其教学证书的副本.  持有临时或有条件教师证书的学生将没有资格参加该计划，并应与研究生和专业研究办公室讨论初始认证的选择.

*Students who have a 2.75 to 2.99 GPA may be admitted provisionally and will be required to maintain a 3.0的绩点 in the first 9-12 credit hours. Students with less than a 2.75 GPA将根据具体情况考虑临时录取，但可能需要提供额外的文件和/或参加面试. Admission may also come with additional conditions.

• Fulfillment of 36-credit course requirement with 3.0的绩点
• Completion of the six-credit supervised school-embedded practicum experience (RDS 552)
• Pass a written Comprehensive Examination

• State Authorization & Distance Education Complaints Resolution
• Professional Licensure Disclosure Statement

This 10-credit online course sequence, including a supervised practicum, 是基于Orton-Gillingham方法的阅读教学，并得到了国际阅读障碍协会的认可.

金沙js6038是马里兰州第一个与威尔逊语言培训合作提供在线认证的高等教育机构.

威尔逊阅读系统是一项针对2-12年级学生和有语言学习障碍的成年人的强化阅读计划, such as dyslexia, 并在美国各地的学校使用，以帮助有阅读障碍和其他语言学习障碍的学生变得流利, independent readers.

Program components:

• 威尔逊阅读系统®(WRS)入门课程:介绍多感官语言教学
• WRS Intensive Instruction for the Non-Responsive Reader, Part I
• WRS Intensive Instruction for the Non-Responsive Reader, Part II
• Wilson Reading System Steps 1-6 Practicum

With the completion of the 36-credit degree, 考生在马里兰州获得阅读专家认证，并准备完成《金沙js6038》(TESOL)双重认证的实践要求。.

考生有机会集中他们的选修课程，以发展基础知识和教学技巧，以教英语学习者.

Program components

• TSL 503: Assessment of English Learners
• TSL 532: Principles of Language Acquisition
• TSL 535: Linguistics for ESOL Teachers