Teaching and Leading Literacy: Preparing Next-Generation Literacy Specialists
The K-12 reading concentration is a 30-hour program. All teachers enrolled will take 4 Core Courses along with an additional 6 courses focused on teaching and reading.
We are currently accepting applicants for our next cohort that will complete the program in 2 years. The cohort program will be fully online and will include two courses each semester including one summer session.
To apply, you will need to submit transcripts from all universities previously attended (with a minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.0), a personal statement, a current resume, and three letters of recommendation. We do not require GRE scores or entrance exams for this program. In your personal statement, indicate your interest in the reading education cohort and the K-12 teaching experiences that prepare you for this concentration area. In the application system drop-down menus, look for Curriculum and Instruction, M.Ed., Distance Education (DE), New literacies and Global Learning, Reading Education.
WHY: Ensuring reading proficiency for the students of North Carolina has never been more important. The College of Education at NC State University is pleased to announce a cohort-based sequence of courses centered around developing teacher content and pedagogical knowledge of evidence-based reading instruction.
WHAT: The sequence of literacy education courses acknowledges the complexity of reading instruction and the diverse needs of our young readers. To address these challenges, course topics include implementing diagnostic assessments and interventions aligned with the science of reading, solving problems of practice in reading education, cultivating digital and global perspectives on literacy learning, researching effective schoolwide reading programs and practices, and developing leadership in literacy education.
WHO: This cohort is targeted for educators interested in a program designed to improve our understanding of struggling and developing readers. This includes a focus on high-impact pedagogical techniques for teaching reading in the classroom and intervention settings, a critical understanding of how to use and interpret reading assessment data, and opportunities to develop and sharpen leadership capacity in literacy education. We encourage classroom teachers, coaches, special educators, interventionists, and administrators to apply for this cohort.
Receive More Information About Our New Literacies and Global Learning Concentration
Contact us to learn more about our flexible graduate programs. The coordinator is Dr. Dennis Davis, ddavis6@ncsu.edu.
There are always those students that we try different things to best meet their needs. So I really enjoyed being able to dialogue and problem solve together with my cohort and the faculty [through this program].
Bria Cofield
5th grade teacher and 2019-20 Teacher of the Year at Hortons Creek Elementary School
Hear more about why Bria Cofield and other teachers chose to join NC State’s graduate literacy cohort and how the program helped them improve reading achievement among their students.
ECI 543 Literacy Assessment and Intensified Instruction I
ECI 544 Literacy Assessment and Intensified Instruction II
ECI 645 Supervised Practicum in Reading
Innovations in Teaching Literacy and English Language Arts
Faculty in the NC State College of Education are engaged in research, teaching and outreach activities that help translate scientific evidence into high-quality teacher preparation and reading, writing, and English language arts instruction for children in grades K-12.
