Feb 21, 2026

2020-21 Graduate Catalog

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2020-21 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Reading Specialist, Certification (K-12)

Certification Requirements

Pennsylvania Instructional Teacher Certification.

Prerequisites

ED 580 Introduction to Inclusive Education (3 credits)
ED 601 Literacy Foundations (3 credits)

Required Courses

ED 563 Reading Specialist Professional Seminar (3 credits)
ED 606 Strategic Instruction for Emergent and Content Literacy, K-6 (3 credits)
ED 607 Strategic Instruction for Adolescent Readers and Writers, 7-12 (3 credits)
ED 608 Literature for Children (3 credits)
ED 622 ESL: Teaching Multilingual and Multicultural Literacies (3 credits)
ED 623 ESL Multilingual and Multicultural Assessments (3 credits)
ED 699 Assessment, Analysis and Instruction in Reading and Writing (3 credits)
ED 595 Literacy Seminar/Language and Literacy Project (LLP) (6 credits)

Exit Requirements for Teacher Certification Candidates

https://www.arcadia.edu/school-education/current-students/teacher-certification