Available to: Students already holding the master’s degree.
Includes: Reading Specialist Certificate coursework (with option to apply for MRT after becoming certified as Reading Specialist)
Courses may be taken in any sequence except for noted prerequisites and capstone courses. Each course is 3 semester credit hours and is offered by UT Arlington.
- LIST 5325 Current Trends in Language Arts & Reading or LIST 5373 Foundations of Literacy in the Primary Grades
- LIST 5326 Teaching the Language Arts in Secondary Schools
- LIST 5345 Content Reading and Writing
- LIST 5346 The Writing Process (or READ 5381 and 5382) or LIST 5384 Advanced Writing Pedagogy (with advisor approval)
- LIST 5350 Literacy Assessment
- LIST 5353 Literature for Children and Young Adults or LIST 5354 Multicultural Literature for Children
- LIST 5361 Language Learning: Educational Perspectives
- LIST 5316 Literacy Practicum I (80 hours of field experience) This course should be taken in the first or second semester of enrollment.
- LIST 5317 Literacy Practicum II (80 hours of field experience) This is the capstone course and should be taken in the last semester of enrollment.
27 TOTAL semester credit hours
Teachers interested in focusing in the important area of Reading may pursue the Reading Specialist Certificate, an all-level (K-12) certificate. This unique program focuses on the needs of the multicultural and multilinguistic classrooms of today by integrating the requirements for the ESL endorsement and the Master Reading Teacher Certificate into the total Reading program with no supplementary coursework required. To qualify for the Reading Specialist Certificate, students complete a master's degree, must hold a valid Texas teacher certificate, document two years of acceptable classroom teaching experience, and pass the Reading Specialist TExES. (Note: Those who already hold a master's degree who are seeking only the Reading Specialist Certificate do not have to complete certain coursework. See program track information for specific detail.)
Out of state students should contact their State Board of Education to determine the applicability of this certificate to their state requirements.
Use the Course Catalog to find course descriptions, instructor information, and when the courses will be offered. See Academic Calendars for deadlines.
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