Literacy Education - SUNY College at Plattsburgh

Literacy Education from SUNY College at Plattsburgh is a Campus Master Literature degree that prepares you for a Liberal Arts career. If you already have a provisional or initial teaching certificate and want to specialize in literacy instruction, please read on. Our program allows teachers to work toward state certification in either literacy birth-grade 6 or literacy grades 5-12. The program has been structured to be in alignment with the Standards for Reading Professionals adopted in Fall 2003 by the International Reading Association. In order to comply with New York State Education Department requirements, the program includes fifty hours of supervised practica at the range of grade levels our candidates seek for certification. As you'll see in our sequence of courses, we have developed a program that has just the right mix of flexibility and specificity for today's professionals. Our Literacy Education Master's Degree Allows You To Tailor Your Own Professional Development: Our candidates take a variety of electives throughout their program in order to pursue interests in such things as instructional technology, linguistics, and children's literature. These elective courses can also focus on areas of particular need, such as special education, classroom management, and subject-specific pedagogy. Specialize in Literacy: Required courses in literacy instruction build on the prior experience of our candidates. We concentrate on connecting theory with practice, encouraging practical applications to classroom settings. Our Tier II courses, offered each spring, allow candidates to perfect their administration of a range of assessment devices while offering tutorial experiences to children in our Literacy Education Center. Our program concludes with a five week long, intensive clinical experience during the summer as a one-on-one tutor under the direction of our talented faculty members. We facilitate professional cooperation and help our candidates develop useful networks of support and continued access to instructional resources. Study Full-time or Part-time: When applying for the program in either spring or fall, potential candidates have two choices. They may indicate their desire to pursue the degree on a full-time basis (generally twelve credit hours per semester). This allows people to graduate in August after twelve months of study. Other applicants indicate that they wish to take a few courses at a time, due to full-time teaching responsibilities in the schools where they work. This facilitates the real use of course assignments and allows our candidates to share their ongoing experiences. Study at Convenient Hours: Courses are offered in the afternoon and evening so that our candidates may work as substitute or full-time teachers during the regular school day. Some of our classes are offered in a web-based format through distance learning so that they can fit into many people's busy schedules. Learn from Experienced Faculty: We love teaching. Our faculty members have many years of experience across a wide range of grade levels. Please consult our departmental faculty Web page or our individual faculty websites for details. Contact us if you'd like more information. View more details on SUNY College at Plattsburgh . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Literature courses.