READ 558 - Practicum Experience I for the Reading Specialist

(3 credits)
Prerequisite: READ 550 and READ 551 and READ 552 and READ 553 and READ 554 and READ 555 and READ 556; application approved by advisor, field placement supervisor, program coordinator and dean of the College of Education and Health Sciences and evidence of one of the following: (a) an active MA DESE licensure as Reading Specialist or (b) a passing score on the Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure® (MTEL) for Reading Specialist (08)
Literacy educators assume the role of reading specialists and English Language Arts (ELA) curriculum leaders in working with students, teachers and the entire school community in a supervised 200-hour field experience. READ 558 and READ 559 are taken consecutively and considered to be a yearlong supervised 400-hour field experience. Offered fall and spring semesters.