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Reading M.Ed.

Total Semester Credit Hours = 36

The School of Education offers the Master of Education degree in Reading which includes preparation for candidates to earn the TEA Reading Specialist Certification. The School also offers the UT Tyler Literacy Coaching Certificate or UT Tyler Dyslexia Certificate. The program addresses establishing, maintaining, and evaluating reading programs on a building level or system-wide basis.

Certification Preparation

The Reading Specialist (EC-12) Certification is available at the graduate level. This certification preparation program requires two years of classroom teaching experience, a master’s degree, the completion of all degree courses, and the required TExES examination. 

Admission Requirements

Option 1 - Texas Residents Only

To be admitted to the graduate program in reading education, the individual must:

  1. Hold a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
  2. Hold a Texas teacher certification (any field).
  3. Submit Texas teaching service record and any other documents required by Texas governing units.
  4. Submit official transcripts from all institutions attended.
  5. Applicant must either have a minimum 3.0 cumulative undergraduate GPA, or a minimum undergraduate GPA (last 60 hours) of 3.25, or submit GRE scores that equal or exceed 158 verbal and 162 quantitative.  
  6. Complete admissions interview.
  7. Submit a written goal statement and initial philosophy of literacy statement.
  8. Have an appropriate GPA as set by Texas Administrative Code and other administrative units.
  9. Admission is determined based on GPA or, if necessary, satisfactory scores on the GRE, successful admissions interview. 

Option 2 - Texas Non-Residents & International Students Only

  1. Hold a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution.
  2. Hold a teacher certification (any field)
  3. Submit teaching service record and any other documents required by Texas governing units.
  4. Submit official transcripts from all institutions attended.
  5. Applicant must either have a minimum 3.0 cumulative undergraduate GPA, or a minimum undergraduate GPA (last 60 hours) of 3.25, or submit GRE scores that equal or exceed 158 verbal and 162 quantitative.
  6. Complete admissions interview.
  7. Submit a written goal statement and initial philosophy of literacy statement.
  8. Have an appropriate GPA in degree plan as set by Texas Administrative Code and other administrative unites.
  9. Admission is determined based on GPA, or if necessary, satisfactory scores on the GRE, successful admissions interview.

Option 1 and Option 2

  1. Upon admission, students must:
    1. Sign and submit an acknowledgement of admission and departmental agreements.
    2. Pay the Graduate Program fee of $250 which will be added to the first tuition bill. This program fee is used for supervision during field work and is a one-time fee that will not be added to the tuition beyond the first semester. 
  2. Only for applicants seeking the Reading Specialist certificate-only program, additional admission requirements are required. These requirements are:
    1. Hold a master’s degree from an accredited institution. 

NOTE: In accordance with Texas Administrative Code, all applicants must be fully admitted prior to taking any coursework in the area in which they are seeking certification. Therefore, no provisional admission is allowed. 

Degree Requirements

Total Semester Credit Hours = 36

EDUC 5301Statistics and Research Methods for the Learning Sciences
READ 5301Language, Literacy, and Culture
READ 5302Issues in the of Teaching Literacy Using Children's and Adolescent Literature
READ 5303New and Emerging Media Literacies
READ 5304Teaching Writing in K12 Contexts
READ 5305Teaching Disciplinary Literacy to Adolescents
READ 5306Literacy Assessment Practicum
READ 5307Literacy Instruction Practicum
READ 5308Action Research for Literacy Educators
READ 5309Foundations of Literacy Coaching
Strand 1 - Literacy Coaching Strand
READ 5310Literacy Coaching Practicum
READ 5311Literacy Coaching as Collaborative Professional Development
Strand 2 - Dyslexia Strand
READ 5312Diagnostic Reading Assessments Practicum
READ 5313Dyslexia Reading Instruction and Intervention Practicum