Graduate Catalog 2023-2024

Reading Endorsement (Online)

Georgia College (GC) offers a unique professional development opportunity. The program is designed for any P-12 teacher or supplemental reading teacher who is interested in learning how to better meet the needs of the students in his/her classroom. The program addresses the competencies required by the Professional Standards Commission’s Georgia Reading Endorsement. It emphasizes classroom application and addresses three strands:

  • Understanding Readers and the Reading Process
  • Linking Literacy Assessment and Instruction
  • Instructional Strategies in the content areas across Pre-K-12 educators.

This program requires a limited number of meetings per semester. The remainder of the work is on line.

Graduate Admissions Requirements:

  1. University Graduate Admissions Application Form including application fee, if applicable.

  2. Two professional recommendations using the College of Education recommendation form. 

  3. Official transcripts from all colleges/universities attended (except Georgia College). Applicants must hold a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited institution to be eligible for admission into a graduate program at Georgia College.

  4. Minimal GPA of 2.5

 

Program of Study

Required Courses

EDRD 6000Theo & Proc of Lit Learning

2-3

EDRD 6001Reading Assessment

3

Elective Course

Satisfactorily complete one (1) of the following courses:
EDRD 6002Early Childhood Reading Instru

3

or

EDRD 6003Mid Grades/Secondary Rdng Inst

3

Reading Endorsement students do not have to take a GACE content test for adding the endorsement to their certificates. However, they must be recommended by the GC Certification Officer to the Professional Standards Commission.

Total Credit Hours: 9