The Teacher Literacy Leadership Program will provide an M.Ed. in Reading Education with a Kentucky Reading and Writing Endorsement, or a Rank I program, that provides a Kentucky Reading and Writing Endorsement (P-12).

Initial Requirements:

• Teaching certification in P-12 Area.
• Admission to Graduate School.
• Admission to M.Ed. in Reading program.
• Meeting with faculty advisor to discuss KYETS, U of L Program Themes, Conceptual Framework, and IRA Standards

Research (3 hours)

ELFH   600     Introduction to Research Methods and Statistics                           3

Leadership (3 hours)

EDAP   641     Literacy Leadership and School-wide Planning                              3

Diversity (3 hours)

EDAP   642     Literacy Learning and Cultural Differences                                    3

Curriculum and Instruction (3 hours)

EDAP   639     Advanced Reading Methods P-12                                                  3

Area of Emphasis (21 hours)

EDAP   610     Literacy Research and Theory                                                       3

EDAP   678     Language Knowledge and Acquisition                                           3

EDAP   679     Capstone Practicum in Literacy: Literacy Coach                             3

EDAP   693     Teaching Writing P-12                                                                    3

Electives (3 hours)

EDAP   540     Teaching Adolescent Readers                                                        3

EDAP   604     Teacher Leadership: Mentoring and Coaching                               3

EDAP   624     Curriculum Theory                                                                          3

EDAP   643     Emergent Literacy                                                                          3

EDAP   644     Reading/Writing Workshop                                                            3

EDAP   645     Advanced Studies in Children’s Literature                                     3

EDAP   687     Literacy, Teaching, and Technology                                               3

EDAP   694     Special Topics in Writing                                                                3

Course approved by Advisor                                                                                3

Total hours for M.Ed. in Reading (includes six  hours supervised practicum)      36

Special Program or Institutes * (These are selective programs.)  (See Special Programs note below)

EDAP   694     Kentucky Reading Project                                                              3

EDAP   612     Louisville Writing Project                                                                6

EDAP   694     Reading Recovery                                                                          6

NBPTS: English Language Arts Early &  Middle Childhood Literacy: Reading-Language Arts OR

Early Adolescence Or Adolescence and Young Adult (may count three hours)     6

EDAP              Kentucky Institute for Arts in Education                                         3

Mid-Point Assessment:  Review program on KY Experienced Teacher Standards, U of L Program Themes, Conceptual Framework, and International Reading Association Standards for Reading Professionals (2003). Two of five standards completed for culminating Reading Specialist/Literacy Coach portfolio based on the IRA Standards. One Capstone Practicum completed, EDAP 618.

Exit Assessment:  Updated Rank I Self-Report on Kentucky Experienced Teacher Standards, U of L Program Themes, Conceptual Framework, and IRA Standards for Reading Professionals (2003); Academic average of “B”; no grade lower than “C”; completed Reading Specialist/Literacy Coach Portfolio based on IRA Standards; passing score on PRAXIS for Reading Specialist (0300)

* Special Programs note:

1.  Some special programs are three graduate credit hours. If the advisor approves, three hours may be substituted for an appropriate required course, or candidates may choose to apply three hours as the elective.

2.  Some special programs are six graduate credit hours. If the advisor approves, three hours may be substituted for an appropriate required course, and three hours may be used as the elective. As an alternative, candidates may choose to apply three hours as an elective and apply the additional three hours toward a Rank I or doctoral program.

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