Literacy Education (EDLT)

EDLT 6010:   Literacy Fndtns: Theory Hist.  
Teacher Education  
This course is designed to focus on the major theoretical models of literacy learning, the history of literacy education and research (current and past). In addition, candidates will focus on implications of the above as related to current practice and research.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
EDLT 6020:   Early Literacy Development  
Teacher Education  
This course is designed to address essential skills and concepts for beginning literacy development. Language development, phonemic awareness, phonics, comprehension, fluency, and motivation will be incorporated from a comprehensive reading perspective.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
EDLT 6030:   Expanding Literacy Development  
Teacher Education  
This course is designed to emcompass reading/literacy instruction from fourth through 12th grades. Decoding, comprehension, fluency, attitudes, motivation, and engagement will be addressed. Issues and trends in expanding reading will be researched, and classroom programs will be investigated.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
min grade of C in EDLT 6020.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
EDLT 6040:   Effct. Lit. Assmt & Intervent  
Teacher Education  
The focus of this course is the role of the literacy leader as a diagnostician in the classroom. Candidates will learn how to administer measures of literacy assessments that can be used for individuals or whole groups. Candidates will analyze data, plan appropriate interventions, and implement the interventions.  
3 credits  
Prerequisites
min grade of C in EDLT 6020 and EDLT 6030.  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
EDLT 6050:   Content Area Literacy  
Teacher Education  
This course is designed to focus on how to integrate literacy within the content areas at all grade levels.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
EDLT 6060:   Lit. for Children and Adol.s  
Teacher Education  
This course is designed to offer a survey of current and classic literature in grades pre-K-12. Issues and trends in literature for the child and adolescent will be researched and evaluations of quality literature across genres will be conducted.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
EDLT 6070:   Literacy Leadership  
Teacher Education  
This course is designed to prepare candidates to become literacy leaders--focusing on the role of the literacy coach--within schools, school districts, and state agencies by helping candidates plan, implement, and evaluate literacy programs.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
EDLT 6081:   Literacy Internship I  
Teacher Education  
This course provides the candidate with a 40-hour experience in supervised settings with elementary students and teachers. Interns administer diagnostic assessments and implement insrruction based on the results. In addition, interns work with whole-class and small-group instructional strategies for providing K-6 students with effective literacy instruction.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture  
EDLT 6082:   Literacy Internship II  
Teacher Education  
This course provides the candidate with a 40-hour experience in supervised secondary school settings with teachers and with students in grades 7-12. Interns administer diagnostic assessments and implement instruction based on the results. In addition, interns work with whole-class and small-group instructional strategies for providing students in grades 7-12 with effective literacy instruction.  
3 credits  
Potentially offered with the following Instruction Type(s):
Lecture