EDU 840P - Practicum for the Reading Specialist

3 Credit(s) This is a supervised 150-hour practicum experience in diagnosis of reading difficulties, teaching to meet specific needs and literacy leadership. Experience in the practicum will include: Administration of diagnostic measures, design of intervention strategies, teaching, preparation of reports of progress, and design of professional development activities, including coaching. There are required individual conferences with the cooperating practitioner and university supervisor.
Prerequisites:

EDU 741C

EDU 745A

EDU 817C

EDU 845

, passing score on the Specialist Teacher of Reading MTEL and verification of one-year of employment in the role and at the grade level of the candidate’s initial license. To be taken concurrently with

EDU 840S

. Restricted admission.