* 06.528 is a prerequisite for 06.529. These two courses are best taken in consecutive semesters.

01.630 Diversity Issues for School Leaders
"Diversity Issues for School Leaders" is designed to prepare experienced educators to provide effective leadership in a diverse community. Drawing from the Graduate School of Education's conceptual framework of "Education for Transformation," students will be expected to: examine their own cultural heritage and experiences; gain increased understanding of equity issues concerning race, language, gender, sexual orientation, and special education needs; develop new insights for culturally responsive pedagogy; assess alternative strategies for facing illustrative conflicts in culturally diverse school settings; and consider how to ameliorate the pervasive impact of poverty on children in today's schools.
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Credits: 3

06.511 Teaching Reading in Content Areas
This course presents the theoretical foundation and current best practices for content area reading, writing, and study skills.  The focus is on motivation, cognition, memory, and verbal processing theories as they apply to methodology.  Students learn to develop lessons and units that integrate reading and writing while covering concepts in the content areas.
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Credits: 3

06.522 Young Adult Literature
The major emphasis of the course will be discussion and analysis of the goals of a literature curriculum and the exploration of various methods for achieving these goals. The characteristics of the different genres of literature will be discussed in detail
Prerequisite:
Credits: 3

06.527 Language Acquisition
This course will focus on the study of the acquisition of language and the relationship of language  learning to the development of literacy.  Students will examine both first and second language acquisition.  Students will be expected to apply their knowledge of language acquisition to best teaching practices for enhancing first and second language development in the classroom and to the development of literacy.
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Credits: 3

06.528 Assessment of Reading and Language Disabilities
This course examines the selection and use of procedures to make an adequate clinical and educational diagnosis. Includes the assessment of function and dysfunction in factors associated with language development; receptive, expressive, writing, reading; and the administration and interpretation of individual and group tests of perceptual, motor, and conceptual functioning in reading and language.
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Credits: 3

06.529 Treatment of Reading and Language Disabilities
This course will explore the specific practices in remedial teaching in grades K-12, using published materials, and developing new materials for small group, whole class, and tutoring settings. Students will develop and implement realistic corrective programs based on the interpretation of literacy assessments. These programs will include selecting strategies of instruction and materials, and establishing a framework of time and evaluation.
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Credits: 3

06.549 Theory and Research: Reading and Language
A final course on the national and international research in reading and language and the pertinence and proposed implementation of research findings to instruction and the various roles of the reading supervisor or director.
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Credits: 3

06.550 Reading Specialist: Practicum I
The Reading Specialist Practicum requires students to use the knowledge gained in their coursework to design, implement, and analyze a program for struggling readers in a clinical experience. The practicum meets both Massachusetts and IRA standards for Reading Specialist/Literacy Coach.
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Credits: 3

06.551 Literacy Coach: Practicum II
This is the second of two clinical practicum experiences in the Reading and Language program. Candidates will design a professional development project in their school setting which will allow them to model lessons, observe and co-teach with peers, and provide feedback to teachers and paraprofessionals. The online seminar provides support for implementing the program. The practicum meets the guidelines for the International Reading Association
Prerequisite: 06.550
Credits: 3

06.649 C.A.G.S. Seminar: Reading and Language
Candidates undertake a structured review of the literature culminating in a paper demonstrating their depth of understanding of an issue pertinent to K-12 Reading and Language.
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Credits: 3

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