Graduate Certificate
Reading Specialist
Graduate certificates are available in: Business, Early Childhood Education, Educational Technology, Elementary Education, Mathematics Education, Reading Specialist, Special Education.
Graduate certificates provide candidates with eligibility endorsements to an Alaska teaching certificate. All course work must be completed within a seven-year period immediately preceding the date the graduate certificate is granted. Graduate certificates are granted by the University of Alaska Southeast; UAS provides the institutional recommendation to the student to submit to the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development for endorsement.
Admissions Requirements
Admission to the Early Childhood Education, Educational Technology, and Mathematics Education (K-8) Graduate Certificates requires degree.
- Application for admission and $60 non-refundable
admission fee - Copy of a current Alaska teaching certificate
- Official transcript(s) are also required for courses transferred in from another institution
Call (907) 796-6424 (toll free: 1-866-465-6424) for application materials.
REQUIREMENTS (2009-2010 CATALOG)
| Minimum Credit Hours | 24 | ||
| ED | S671 | Language, Culture & Literacy | 3 |
| ED | S674 | Developing Reading, ECE-12 | 3 |
| ED | S675 | Reading and Cognition | 3 |
| ED | S676 | Reading Instruction & Assessment I | 3 |
| ED | S677 | Reading Instruction & Assessment II | 3 |
| ED | S678 | Literature & Reading: Supporting Readers at all Levels | 3 |
| ED | S679 | Reading and Literacy in the Content Areas | 3 |
| ED | S696 | Teacher as Leader | 3 |
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APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
Admission to the Reading Certificate program requires the same application materials as the M.Ed. in Reading. If the Reading Endorsement application is submitted with the M.Ed. application, the $60 application fee will be charged only once.
Call (907) 796-6525 for Reading Certificate program application materials.
CONTACT INFORMATION
University of Alaska Southeast
Dr. Mary-Claire Tarlow
11120 Glacier Highway
Juneau, Alaska 99801
Ph: 907-796-6435
Ph: 877-465-4827 ext. 6435 (toll free)
Program Website: www.uas.alaska.edu/education
Email: maryclaire.tarlow@uas.alaska.edu