Reading Endorsement Online

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The Department of Middle and Secondary Education offers online graduate courses in literacy that apply to the non-degree online Reading Endorsement for classroom teachers. These courses focus on three areas (a) understanding readers and the reading process, (b) linking assessment and instruction, and (c) using instructional strategies in specific content areas. The non-degree online Reading Endorsement is approved by the Georgia Professional Standards Commission.

The non-degree online Reading Endorsement program presupposes certification at least at the bachelor’s level. Successful completion of the non-degree online Reading Endorsement course work and a portfolio qualifies a person for the bachelor’s, master’s, or specialist level endorsement, depending on his or her current level of certification. This endorsement qualifies an individual to be considered “in field” in reading at the level of the base certificate. Students seeking only the non-degree online Reading Endorsement must be admitted to the College of Education and Human Development as a non-degree student. All courses in the non-degree online Reading Endorsement must be completed online. No other courses may apply.