Advanced Literacy Specialization - Bank Street College of Education

Advanced Literacy Specialization from Bank Street College of Education is a Campus Master Teaching degree that prepares you for a Education career. This 30- to 33-credit program leads to Literacy Certification (birth through grade 6) and to an advanced master's degree , the Master of Education (Ed. M.). The program sequence is especially designed for those who hold a master's degree in Education and who wish to become literacy specialists and to take on leadership positions in schools, clinics, private practice, or other professional settings. The curriculum has been designed to develop your expertise in reading, writing, and language arts theory and practice. Course work and field experience provide students with a knowledge base for working with native English speakers, English language learners, and children with special needs from a broad range of cultural and socio-economic backgrounds. Particular emphasis is placed on helping you develop a wide repertoire of assessment, instructional and leadership strategies, together with an understanding of the academic, intellectual and emotional strengths and needs of children. The program views reading, writing, and language development as integrated processes supported by developmentally sequenced instruction. Course work and field experiences are designed to help you to work both independently and collaboratively with other teachers and professionals to meet the needs of diverse learners. Through the experiences in the program, you will be prepared for a wide range of educational roles, including but not limited to those of reading and writing specialist working with individual and small groups of children, literacy leader and curriculum specialist in a range of professional settings, or classroom teacher focusing on literacy development. View more details on Bank Street College of Education . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Teaching courses.