SPED 9012 - The Reading Specialist: Leadership Roles

3 cr.

This course is designed to develop the skills needed for the Reading Specialist to work directly with teachers and support personnel to contribute to their professional development. It addresses the knowledge in leadership and in reading needed to provide teachers paraprofessionals and others with the support necessary to learn pedagogical content knowledge, curriculum development, research based instruction, assessment practices and strategies to become effective liaisons with parents and school personnel.