Reading Specialist Licensure:

Applicants for a reading specialist endorsement must hold a currently valid professional teaching license and complete the following graduate courses, with a minimum 3.25 cumulative GPA in graduate coursework:

TEEL 861	Advanced Literature for Children and Young Adults	3
TEEL 881	Content Area Reading	3
TEEL 882	Trends in Language Arts	3
TEEL 883	Clinical Reading Diagnosis and Remediation	4
TEEL 884	Literacy Development	3
TEEL 885	The School Reading Program (Practicum)	3
Total		19

The requirements may also be met for prerequisite credit via the following three courses or their equivalent.

TEEL 680	Correction of Reading Disabilities Internship II	1
TEEL 681	Correction of Reading Disabilities II	3
TEEL 865	Teaching Reading Skills	3
Total		7

The pre-requisite course requirement to be met is completion of TEEL 365 Reading and Language Arts Methods, TEEL 481 Correction of Reading Disabilities I, and TEEL 480 Correction of Reading Disabilities Internship I which are undergraduate courses.

In order to meet Kansas State Department of Education licensure guidelines, Reading Specialist students must have two years of recent classroom teaching experience (within six years), complete a Master’s degree before applying for a conditional school specialist license and a post-graduation internship before applying for a professional school specialist license. After graduation with the MS degree and receiving the conditional Reading Specialist license, students must secure a full-time teaching position and enroll in two semesters of “Reading Specialist Internship.” Upon successful completion of a two-hour internship in each of two semesters, students will be eligible to apply for a professional Kansas Reading Specialist license.

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Reading Teacher Certificate
(Graduate Level)

Person Responsible
Dr. Kathi Sanders

Program of Study: 9 Hours

            Reading and writing mean more than knowing how to put letters together to form words, sentences and paragraphs.  It means comprehending, constructing and critically synthesizing principles and concepts.  For teachers, pupil mastery of reading and writing is the difference between students who barely get by or drop out, and those who excel and proceed to higher levels of academic achievement.  This program is designed for practicing teachers who wish to increase their knowledge of reading and writing strategies and materials used in PK-12 classrooms.  Teachers desiring to participate in this program must hold a valid teaching license with a minimum of two years of full time teaching experience by the completion of this program.  THIS IS NOT A LICENSURE PROGRAM

Admission to the Program
            Follow application guidelines for the graduate school as a non-degree seeking student at Fort Hays State University. 

Continuation in the Program
            All requirements for graduate students at Fort Hays State University are applicable.  In addition, students must maintain a 3.25 GPA to continue taking classes.

Completion of the Program
            Students must complete all coursework with a minimum GPA of 3.25.  Students will then receive a Certificate of Completion from the Fort Hays State University Teacher Education Department.  NOTE:  Students deciding to continue their coursework to receive a master’s in education degree may include courses from this program into their plan of study.  However, all coursework accepted for a master’s degree at Fort Hays State University must be no more than six years old.

Required Courses