Literacy Coaching, Ed.S.

Literacy Coaching (33 hours)

The Ed.S. in literacy coaching is a 33-hour program designed to prepare the reading teacher, coach or reading specialist to be an effective literacy coach. Course content will provide the student with knowledge and skills in Common Core English Language Arts Standards, response to intervention, balanced literacy and reading coaching. Students will receive group and individual coaching. Included in the hours for this program is the certificate in literacy coaching that will provide reading specialists and reading teachers is a university certificate showing that they have knowledge and skills to be a literacy coach. Additionally, teachers who do not intend to get a reading specialist credential (private school teachers, instructional coaches, reading clinic nonprofit employees, etc.) would also benefit from this degree.

Course Requirements

All Ed.S. candidates take the following two courses as non-credit, no-charge, and pass/fail, one during their first semester and one during the semester in which they graduate:

• EG 5000 - Orientation to M.Ed./M.S./Ed.S. Programs (Non-credit and P/F)
• EG 6000 - Graduation Seminar (Non-credit and P/F)

EMPHASIS Literacy Coaching

Ed.S. CORE + 18 hours

• EG 6836 - Comprehensive Literacy Acquisition (6) ^*
• EG 6846 - Methods and Strategies for the Literacy Leader (6) ^*
• EG 6903 - Education Specialist Project I (3)
• EG 6913 - Education Specialist Project II (3)

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• *Leads to certificate in Literacy Coaching.