Advanced Official Certificate Program in Reading and Language Arts

Admissions Contact

Graduate Recruitment & Admissions
(860) 832-2350
graduateadmissions@ccsu.edu

Academic Contact

Julia Kara-Soteriou
Department Chair, Professor
Literacy, Elementary, & Early Childhood Education
Henry Barnard Hall
310-01
860.832.2181
karaiou@ccsu.edu

Academic Department

Literacy, Elementary, & Early Childhood Education

Advanced Official Certificate Program in Reading and Language Arts

Central to Supporting Teachers with Effective Instruction.

Central’s Advanced Official Certificate Program in Reading & Language Arts is a non-degree program that prepares students for an endorsement as a Reading & Language Arts Consultant in Connecticut.  This program is great for applicants who already hold the 102 endorsement (Remedial Reading and Remedial Language Arts) and need a few courses for the 097 endorsement (Reading and Language Arts Consultant).

Program Features

  • Starts every January and August
  • Attend full- or part-time
  • Classes offered on campus and online
  • Financial aid is available
  • No GMAT/GRE required

Learning Outcomes

  1. Foundational Knowledge: Candidates interpret and synthesize theoretical and evidence-based foundational and historically shared knowledge of literacy and language and the ways in which they interrelate.
  2. Curriculum and Instruction: Candidates design, select, adapt, teach, and evaluate evidence-based literacy curricula, supplemental, and intervention approaches, programs and materials that meet the needs of all learners; candidates collaborate with school and district personnel, coach, and/or facilitate efforts in selecting, designing, analyzing, implementing, and/or evaluating the school’s literacy curriculum, evidence-based instructional approaches, interventions, and supplemental programs to improve student learning.
  3. Assessment: Candidates design, adapt, evaluate, and implement evidenced-based assessment tools; administer and interpret assessment data and collaborate with school and district personnel, assist, coach, and/or facilitate professional learning activities to foster the use of reliable and valid assessment and evaluation, to inform classroom and schoolwide decisions, instruction, and interventions.
  4. Diversity and Equity: Candidates advocate for culturally responsive curriculum and instruction, and collaborate with school and district personnel, assist, coach, and/or facilitate professional learning activities in creating, analyzing, transforming, and implementing diverse culturally responsive learning experiences that link school, home, and community literacy knowledge.
  5. Literacy Environment: Candidates create a positive literacy-rich environment and provide support to and coach teachers in developing a physical and social learning environment that integrates a variety of print and digital materials and digital technologies in appropriate, safe, and effective ways.
  6. Leadership: Candidates use their knowledge of adult learning and leadership to facilitate various literacy initiatives, collaborate, coach, support teacher inquiry and reflectivity, and work with teachers and other school leaders to advocate on behalf of students, families, and communities for effective literacy programs, practices, and policies.
  7. Practicum/Clinical Experiences: Candidates complete supervised, integrated, extended practica/clinical experiences that include intervention, collaboration, and coaching for instructional practices, curriculum design, professional development, or family/community–school partnerships.