Reading Instruction

The Reading and Literacy Orientation provides candidates in the CCTC - Reading and Literacy Authorization and/or UC San Diego - Reading Instruction Certificate with an overview of the entire program, including its scope and goals, requirements, standards, the procedures that affect competencies, and field experience(s). This course is part of the following California Commission on Teacher Credentialing program(s): Reading Instruction

This course will provide candidates with awareness and knowledge of Culture of Literacy in the school context, awareness and knowledge of the culture of the student and community as it relates to literacy, awareness and knowledge of factors involved in developing a culture of literacy at the school level, and awareness and knowledge of factors involved in developing student literacy.  This course is part of the following California Commission on Teacher Credentialing program(s): Reading Instruction

Candidates will have an opportunity to review, analyze, and integrate current, confirmed, reliable and replicable quantitative and qualitative research, and its influence on practice with respect to the relationship of assessment, instruction and intervention in language and literacy. Candidates will be given the opportunity to learn about, administer, and interpret a variety of assessments used for the purpose of screening, diagnosis, placement, RtI, and progress monitoring at the individual and classroom levels. This course is part of the following California Commission on Teacher...

Candidates will review research pertaining to language & literacy instruction and intervention, the use of print, media, & digital resources, learn the normal progression of complexity for components of literacy instruction and how to instruct for each component, learn the implications of delays or differences in students’ literacy development, assess for intervention and modify curriculum to address student needs. Candidates will plan a lesson of formal literacy instruction that is sequential, linguistically logical, systematic, explicit, differentiated, and based upon formal and informal...

This course will provides an opportunity to evaluate plan, implement, and monitor formal literacy instruction at the classroom and school wide level including instruction that assures that the full range of learners develop proficiency as quickly and effectively as possible. Candidates will review current research on the elements of and factors that support/develop an effective culture of literacy, that aligns resources to support high academic expectations for student achievement in reading and literacy, and fosters students’ independence, engagement, motivation, at the classroom, school,...

The Reading and Literacy Portfolio is a course that captures learning and field experiences from each of the courses and connects them together in a cohesive manner. Candidates will collaborate with instructors from each course on an individual basis to determine an appropriate field assignment based on academic and professional interests and to establish what types of material should be included in the Reading and Literacy Portfolio. Although field assignments will differ between candidates, everyone must complete a Reading and Literacy Portfolio that documents their experiences, including...

This culminating course of the Reading and Literacy Added Authorization is a Fieldwork course in which candidates will complete 45 hours of documented work in an educational setting that includes opportunities to deliver balanced, comprehensive, and reflective reading and language arts instruction, while working with the support and collaboration of a site based or local mentor. This course is two pronged and requires working with both K-3 and 4+ learners.     This course is part of the following California Commission on Teacher Credentialing program(s): Reading Instruction