CSLA (Postbaccalaurate)
Postsecondary Reading Certificate
Program
Division of Curriculum and Instruction
CSULA, Charter
College of Education
The CSLA Postsecondary Reading Certificate authorizes the holder to teach reading courses at the Community College level. With careful planning, students can earn an M.A in Education: Option in Reading, and/or a Reading and Language Arts Specialist Credential, and/or a California Reading Certificate, concurrently. Consult a faculty advisor for additional information. This program requires a minimum of 22-23 units.
As graduates of the Postsecondary Reading Certificate program, one may find work as:br />
- Community College Reading Course Instructor
- Community College Reading/Writing Lab Director
- Private tutor for high school and/or entering college students needing help to enhance their college level reading/writing skills
Program Outcomes
Students will:
- Assess student progress and monitor student achievement in reading and writing at the community college level
- Teach remedial reading/writing courses at the community college level
- Select and adapt reading and language arts instruction materials for community college reading classes
- Plan & conduct reading & writing staff development for community college instructors
- Increase their confidence to teach reading and writing
- Provide direct reading and writing intervention work with community college students
- Develop analysis and reflection skills for written and oral communication
- Deepen their commitment to their students and their students’ learning of reading, writing, listening and speaking
- Improve their ability to manage and assess their students’ reading and language arts learning
- Augment their capacity to think reflectively about their teaching of reading and language arts
Program Faculty:
As a part of the CSLA Postsecondary Reading Certificate program, students receive individual advisement and instruction from expert faculty members who combine extensive classroom-teaching experience, research, and pre-service and in-service teacher development in the area of reading andlLanguage arts. For more information regarding CSLA Postsecondary Reading Certificate, contact either of the program coordinators below:
Dr. Darlene Michener
http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/dmichen
dmichen@calstatela.edu
Dr. Joan Fingon
http://www.calstatela.edu/faculty/jfingon
jfingon@calstatela.edu
Application to the Program
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to find out how to apply to the program.
Program Description
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Program
Plan to learn what types of classes you’ll be taking as part
of California Reading Certificate program.
Scholarship Information
http://www.calstatela.edu/academic/ccoe/scholarships.htm
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