The Cohort Model
Candidates move through the program with a supportive group of peers, a cohort. A cohort may have candidates from the same district or from across districts. We encourage districts and candidates to identify colleagues who may have an interest in this program to apply as a cohort.
Course Delivery
Candidates for the graduate certificate endorsement and/or the M.Ed. in Reading take one or two courses per semester by distance, beginning with the summer session . Review the course sequence possibilities to plan your course of study. Distance coursework is mostly through the internet, with some weekly designated "class" time and other discussion formatted time at the student's discretion. One course requires on-campus attendance for three weeks during the second summer for a reading practicum course (EDRE 676).
Endorsement includes:
EDRE 671 Language Reading and Culture (3)
EDRE 674 Developing Reading ECE-12 (3)
EDRE 675 Reading and Cognition (3)
EDRE 676 Reading Instruction and Assessment I (3)
EDRE 677 Reading Instruction and Assessment II (3)
EDRE 678 Literature and Reading, Supporting Readers at All Levels (3)
EDRE 679 Reading and Literacy in the Content Areas (3)
EDRE 696 Reading Teacher as Leader (3)
(24 credits)
Additional coursework for M.Ed:
ED 626 Classroom Research (Teacher Research) (3)
EDET 628 Technology in Instructional Design (3)
EDRE 698 Masters Project or Portfolio (3)
(33 credits)
Course descriptions can be found in the handbook.
All education programs through the School of Education at University of Alaska Southeast are accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education, a performance-based teacher accrediting body for schools, colleges, and departments of education recognized by the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development, the U.S. Department of Education, and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.