State-Required Reading Courses
Two State of Michigan approved reading courses are available in 8-week online and traditional seated formats through Concordia University Ann Arbor. Both courses, EDU540 (elementary focus) and EDU545 (secondary focus), meet the Michigan Department of Education's requirement for professional certification.
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Course Descriptions
EDU540 Strategies for Struggling Readers/Writers in the Elementary Classroom
3 credits
This course focuses on the assessment and remediation of reading disabilities and appropriate instructional intervention strategies for elementary in-service teachers. Content will include: interest inventories, English language learning screening, visual and auditory discrimination tools, language expression and processing, screening, phonemics, phonics, vocabulary, fluency, comprehension, spelling and writing assessment tools, and instructional strategies.
EDU545 Teaching for Struggling Readers/Writers in the Secondary Classroom
3 credits
This course focuses on assessment and instructional strategies for students struggling with reading and writing in secondary classrooms. Teachers will research best practices in literacy instruction and will assess students through multiple perspectives including interest inventories, learning styles, English Language learning, visual and auditory discrimination, decoding skills that include phonetic analysis, syntactic analysis, semantic analysis, sight word vocabulary, and fluency. Reading comprehension and the significance of a learner’s prior knowledge in the understanding of content area reading will be addresses as well as writing assessments. Differentiated instructional strategies will be embedded into lesson and unit plans to accommodate varying learning needs.