Reading and Literacy Leadership Specialist Credential
Units required for Credential: 27
Program Description
The Language and Literacy Leadership Specialist Credential is administered by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing (CCTC). California State University, Sacramento, is accredited by the CCTC to award this credential to students meeting program requirements. The credential is required to practice as a reading specialist in the state of California.
Unique strengths of the program include supervised training in a clinic setting, field experience that includes field placement in public school settings, and instruction by faculty who hold language and literacy degrees.
Students pursuing this Credential will have applied to the MA in Language and Literacy, and will follow the same course requirements, with the exception of EDLL 250 and EDLL 503.
At completion of all requirements, the student can be recommended to the Commission on Teacher Credentialing for the credential.
Program Requirements
| Code | Title | Units |
|---|---|---|
| EDLL 200 | Practicum in Decoding and Fluency: Assessment and Instruction | 3 |
| EDLL 201 | Practicum in Comprehension: Assessment and Instruction | 3 |
| EDLL 202 | Language and Literacy Development in Multicultural Settings | 3 |
| EDLL 203 | Teaching and Assessing Writing in the Pre-K through 12 Classroom | 3 |
| EDLL 205 | Psychology and Sociology of Literacy Instruction | 3 |
| EDLL 206 | Leadership In Literacy | 3 |
| EDLL 206B | Field Experience in Language and Literacy Leadership | 3 |
| EDLL 207 | Advanced Practicum in Reading Difficulties: Assessment and Intervention | 3 |
| EDLL 209 | Literature for the Diverse Pre- K through 12 Classroom: Issues, Models and Strategies (206B is being reviewed as a new form A concurrently with this form B) | 3 |
| Total Units | 27 | |