入学要求
申请人必须:
- Complete the online graduate admission application
- 提交50美元.00申请费
- Have earned a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college or university.
- 有初始教学执照吗.
- Have a minimum undergraduate quality point average of 3.00在4上.00比例尺.
- Provide two letters of recommendation submitted on the 十大网赌信誉平台 Letter of Recommendation form and sent directly to the University’s 研究生 招生 office by the recommender. 其中一封必须来自雇主或主管, and the other must be from a faculty member who has taught the candidate at the collegiate level if the candidate attended classes in the last five years;
- 提交一个类型, 300-word personal statement discussing their motivation for seeking a master’s degree in view of prior formal education, 目前工作职责, 职业规划.
项目要求
This program requires the successful completion of ten (10) courses and an oral comprehensive examination. 专业的作品集, completed as part of the degree program and based upon the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education Professional Standards for Licensure, must be completed and submitted to the advisor of the Literacy and Language program six-to-eight weeks prior to the oral comprehensive exam.
Candidates seeking the Initial License as a Specialist Teacher: Reading will need a 150-hour supervised practicum. The practicum is taken only after successful completion of the 教育学硕士 with a concentration in Literacy and Language program and submission of a passing score on the Reading Specialist 08 MTEL.
Permission of the program advisor and Dean at least three (3) months prior to the practicum is required. Students must locate their own practicum site, which must be approved by the University.
The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education requires teachers seeking the Initial Licensure as a Specialist Teacher: Reading to have at least an Initial Teaching License and at least one year of experience under that license.
- EDUC 991 Philosophy of Education and Teaching Practice
- EDUC 998语言发展与交流
- EDUC 999 Research and Evaluation (recommended after completion of three 浓度 courses)*
*Candidates for Initial Licensure as a Specialist Teacher: Reading must complete a Literacy and Language research project.
The above 10-course program in Literacy and Language enables candidates holding an Initial License in Elementary, 儿童早期, 英语, 或中度残疾学生教师 to meet the requirements for Professional Licensure in Elementary Education, 幼儿教育, 英语, 或中度残疾学生教师. The additional supervised practicum (below) is not required for candidates seeking a Professional License in these four fields.
从2023-2024年毕业生目录开始生效
与教师见面
Required Practicum for students seeking Initial Licensure as a Specialist Teacher: Reading
- LTRC 952 Practicum in Literacy and Language with Seminar
or - LTRC 988 Practicum in Reading Enrichment with Seminar
Per the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE), candidates seeking Initial Licensure as a Specialist Teacher: Reading must obtain the Sheltered 英语 Instruction (SEI) endorsement in one of the following ways:
- Complete an undergraduate program that includes an approved Sheltered 英语 Immersion course.
- Complete the DESE-approved Sheltered 英语 Immersion course through a school district.
- Complete the DESE-approved 十大网赌信誉平台 course, TESL 910 Sheltered 英语 Immersion.
- Complete a DESE-approved Sheltered 英语 Immersion course through another licensure program.
- Earn a passing score on the Sheltered 英语 Immersion 056 Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure (MTEL).