Literacy Add-On Certifications

The Spadoni College of Education and Social Sciences offers the coursework licensed educators may use to apply for add-on certification by the South Carolina Department of Education for Literacy Teacher and Literacy Coach. The coursework provides an in-depth study of literacy foundations and assessment, coaching, teaching methods, curriculum development, and supervision of reading programs.

‌Literacy Teacher Add-on Certification

To apply for the Literacy Teacher certification, the South Carolina State Department of Education has the following requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Initial or professional certification at the early childhood, elementary, middle, secondary, or K-12 level
• Minimum qualifying score(s) on the content area examination(s) required by the State Board of Education
• Two years of successful teaching experience
• Specialized preparation - graduate courses as shown below‌

Required Courses

• EDLL 600: Advanced Reading Theory: Philosophical, Historical, and Sociological Foundations of Reading (3 hours)
  Offered Fall, Summer I
• EDLL 604: Practicum in Literacy Assessment and Evaluation* (3 hours)
  Offered Fall, Spring
• EDLL 616 (for EC/Elem)* (3 hours)
  Offered Spring, Summer 2
  or
  EDLL 617: Content Literacy (middle/secondary)* (3 hours)
  Offered Summer 2
• EDLL 608: Instructional Strategies and Materials in Literacy* (3 hours)
  Offered Fall, Summer 1
  
  *Practicum experiences are embedded within these courses.

Literacy Coach Add-on Certification

To apply for the Literacy Coach certification, the South Carolina State Department of Education has the following requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree
• Initial or professional certification at the early childhood, elementary, middle, secondary, or K-12 level
• Minimum qualifying score(s) on the content area examination(s) required by the State Board of Education
• Five years of successful teaching experience
• 12 Semester hours of courses required for the Literacy Teacher certification
• Specialized preparation – graduate courses shown below

Required Courses

• EDLL 620 : Literacy Assessment and Instruction for Diverse Populations* (3 hours)
  Offered Summer 1
• EDLL 621: Developing Literacy Teacher - Leaders within School Communities* (3 hours)
  Offered Summer 2
• EDLL 622 : Action Research in Literacy Coaching* (3 hours)
  Offered Fall
  
  *Practicum experiences are embedded within these courses.

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