Reading/Literacy
By completing individual courses or all the courses, students who seek a teaching certificate by an alternative means retain the ability to continue with their job in the public schools. Coursework undertaken by teachers, adjunct teachers, or other potential educators for personal or professional growth will upskill them to serve as better educators and to seek potential career advancement in the field of teaching.
- Type Learning
- Level Advanced
- Time Months
- Cost Paid
Earning Criteria
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Demonstrate knowledge of principles and evidence-based instructional practices for developing language and emergent literacy skills, including phonological and phonemic awareness, concepts of print, and the alphabetic principle.
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Demonstrate knowledge of principles and evidence-based instructional practices for developing beginning reading skills, including phonics, high-frequency words, and spelling.
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Demonstrate knowledge of principles and evidence-based instructional practices for developing word analysis skills and strategies, including syllabication, structural or morphemic analysis, and orthographic skills.
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Demonstrate knowledge of principles and evidence-based instructional practices for developing reading fluency at all stages of reading development.
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Demonstrate knowledge of principles and evidence-based instructional practices for promoting academic language development, including vocabulary development.
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Demonstrate knowledge of principles and evidence-based instructional practices for promoting comprehension and analysis of literary texts.
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Demonstrate knowledge of principles and evidence-based instructional practices for promoting comprehension and analysis of informational texts.
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Apply knowledge of principles and evidence-based best practices for assessing reading development.
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Apply knowledge of principles and evidence-based best practices of reading instruction.
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Prepare an organized, developed analysis on a topic related to the development of foundational reading skills.
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Prepare an organized, developed analysis on a topic related to the development of reading comprehension.