Overview
Key facts
Candidates will become proactive instructional leaders and literacy advocates of students at all levels of literacy development.
MEd in Reading/Language Arts with Reading Specialist Certification (36 hours)
This degree at Sam Houston State University is designed for both teacher practitioners who want to strengthen their understanding of literacy for application in their classrooms and teachers who are interested in obtaining a Texas Reading Specialist Certification. Candidates for the Reading Specialist Certification must have a valid elementary or secondary teaching certificate along with two years of successful teaching experience before taking the Reading Specialist Exam.
Programme Structure
Courses included:
- Survey of Reading
- Literature and Instructional Materials in Reading Programs
- Cognition and Emergent Literacy
- The Administration and Supervision of Literacy Programs
- The Politics of Literacy
- Digital Literacies
- Language Arts: Theory and Instruction
- Practicum in Literacy Assessment and Instructional Strategies I
- Improvement of Literacy in Secondary Schools and Adult Populations
- Internship in Reading Supervision
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Duration
- Full-time
- 12 months
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Language Studies Languages Linguistics View 94 other Masters in Languages in United StatesAcademic requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Graduate Application
- Application fee
- Official transcripts from all colleges and universities attended, both undergraduate and graduate (Note: A minimum GPA of 2.8 in undergraduate and graduate work is expected either overall or within the last 60 hours).
- Acceptable Professional Goals writing sample.
- Video Interview.
- A teacher service record with at least one year of successful teaching experience. If this is the applicant's first year, submit a letter from the principal on school letterhead stating you are "Teacher of Record." A formal service record must be submitted prior to completing all course work.
- Official transcript from all colleges attended, both undergraduate and graduate, with a minimum of a 2.8 GPA reflected.
Tuition Fee
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International
26208 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 728 USD per credit during 12 months. -
National
26208 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 728 USD per credit during 12 months. -
In-State
11520 USD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 320 USD per credit during 12 months.
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