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7. Involving parents and community in development of literacy;
8. Designing and implementing staff development for improvement
of literacy in school settings;
9. Fulfilling various roles required of the reading specialist/coach
10. Analyzing and using published reading research results;
11. Recognizing the “teacher as researcher” perspective;
12. Participating in relevant professional organizations;
13. Administering a literacy development program, and
14. Developing lifelong learning
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Certification Requirements
Completion of the Master's degree with concentration in reading, with three
years teaching experience, prepare an individual to meet certification
requirements as a reading specialist/coach in the State of Maryland.

Semester-hours of credit required in the Program
Completion of the Graduate Reading Education Program requires thirty-six
semester hours of credit. The 36 semester-hour program includes a minimum
of 24 semester hours in the core program of reading education, nine (9)
semester hours of coursework in related fields, and three (3) semester hours of
recommended electives in reading and other language arts designed to meet
individual needs and interests. Numbers and names of courses follow:

EDUC 544 Principles and Techniques of Reading Instruction
EDUC 545 Reading in Content Fields
EDUC 646 Diagnostic, Corrective and Remedial Reading (Practicum I)
EDUC 647 Current Issues in Reading
EDUC 749 Laboratory Experiences in Diagnosis, Correction and
Remediation of Reading Difficulties: (Practicum II)
EDUC 751 Seminar in Reading (Seminar Paper Required)
EDUC 653 Teaching Reading to Multicultural Populations
EDUC 633 Literature for Children

Electives in Reading and Other Language Arts
One elective should be selected from the following courses: (Other electives may
be acceptable with special permission.)

EDUC 648 Teaching Reading in Secondary Schools
EDUC 534 Advanced Problems in Teaching the Language Arts
EDUC 501 Issues in Early Childhood Education
SPED 511 Special Education Perspectives

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